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The WHO global burden of disease (GBD) measures burden of disease using the disability - adjusted - life - year (DALY).
Not exact matches
As well the
WHO publication
Global health risks: mortality and
burden of disease attributable to selected major risks.
«What we have found is that America has wonderful health care services for those
who enjoy them,» says Lopez, today an IHME affiliate professor and the Rowden - White Chair
of Global Health and
Burden of Disease Measurement at the Melbourne School
of Population and
Global Health at the University
of Melbourne in Australia.
Jeremy Hess, an Emory University physician and epidemiologist
who has studied the relationship between climate change and health conditions, said in an email that the WHO findings are «a significant step forward in the global estimation of projected disease burden associated with climate change.&raq
who has studied the relationship between climate change and health conditions, said in an email that the
WHO findings are «a significant step forward in the global estimation of projected disease burden associated with climate change.&raq
WHO findings are «a significant step forward in the
global estimation
of projected
disease burden associated with climate change.»
The authors say «We have provided the first evidence that two brief psychological therapies targeting the two leading mental health related causes
of the
global burden of disease, delivered by the same lay counsellor in routine primary care, to patients
who had never received such therapies before, can lead to sustained improvements in health over one year, and that the investments made in providing this intervention is excellent value for money.
Towards reducing the
global burden of malaria and other neglected
diseases, millions
of compounds were screened, prioritized and assembled by the
WHO - supported Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) as the MMV «Malaria Box» collection
of 400 chemically diverse small molecules.
All told, the average rural Chinese citizen consumes 12 grams
of salt daily, according to the 2010
Global Burden of Disease study; the average American takes in 9 grams, while the daily maximum recommended by the World Health Organization (
WHO) is 5 grams.
At some point, nearly 10 %
of the world's population experience back pain, which is the leading cause
of disability according to the World Health Organization (
WHO)
Global Burden of Disease report (2010).