• Distinct T and NK cell populations may serve as immune correlates of protection against symptomatic pandemic influenza A(H1N1) virus infection during pregnancy 

      Savic, Miloje; Dembinski, Jennifer Lynn; Laake, Ida; Hungnes, Olav; Cox, Rebecca Jane; Oftung, Fredrik; Trogstad, Lill; Mjaaland, Siri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-11-16)
      Maternal influenza infection during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality. However, the link between the anti-influenza immune responses and health-related risks during infection is not ...
    • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 

      Forouzanfar, Mohammad H.; Afshin, Ashkan; Alexander, Lily T.; Aasvang, Gunn Marit; Bjertness, Espen; Htet, Aung Soe; Savic, Miloje; Vollset, Stein Emil; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Weiderpass, Elisabete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-10)
      Background: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 provides an up-to-date synthesis of the evidence for risk factor exposure and the attributable burden of disease. By providing national and ...
    • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 

      Kassebaum, Nicholas J.; Arora, Megha; Barber, Ryan M.; Bjertness, Espen; Hailu, Alemayehu; Knudsen, Ann Kristin; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Skogen, Jens Christoffer; Savic, Miloje; Skirbekk, Vegard; Steiner, Timothy J.; Stovner, Lars Jacob; Søreide, Kjetil; Vollset, Stein Emil; Weiderpass, Elisabete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-10)
      Background: Healthy life expectancy (HALE) and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) provide summary measures of health across geographies and time that can inform assessments of epidemiological patterns and health system ...
    • Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 

      Barber, Ryan M; Fullman, Nancy; Sorensen, Reed J D; Vollset, Stein Emil; Ellingsen, Christian Lycke; Savic, Miloje; Skirbekk, Vegard; Hailu, Alemayehu; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Htet, Aung Soe; Neupane, Sudan Prasad; Weiderpass, Elisabete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-07)
      Background: National levels of personal health-care access and quality can be approximated by measuring mortality rates from causes that should not be fatal in the presence of effective medical care (ie, amenable mortality). ...
    • Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 

      Fullman, Nancy; Yearwood, Jamal; Abay, Solomon M.; Abbafati, Cristiana; Abd-Allah, Foad; Abdela, Jemal; Abdelalim, Ahmed; Abebe, Zegeye; Abebo, Teshome Abuka; Aboyans, Victor; Abraha, Haftom Niguse; Abreu, Daisy M. X.; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.; Adane, Akilew Awoke; Adedoyin, Rufus Adesoji; Adetokunboh, Olatunji; Adhikari, Tara Ballav; Afarideh, Mohsen; Afshin, Ashkan; Agarwal, Gina; Agius, Dominic; Agrawal, Anurag; Agrawal, Sutapa; Kiadaliri, Aliasghar Ahmad; Aichour, Miloud Taki Eddine; Akibu, Mohammed; Akinyemi, Rufus Olusola; Akinyemiju, Tomi F.; Akseer, Nadia; Al Lami, Faris Hasan; Alahdab, Fares; Al-Aly, Ziyad; Alam, Khurshid; Alam, Tahiya; Alasfoor, Deena; Albittar, Mohammed I.; Alene, Kefyalew Addis; Al-Eyadhy, Ayman; Ali, Syed Danish; Alijanzadeh, Mehran; Aljunid, Syed M.; Alkerwi, Ala'a; Alla, Francois; Allebeck, Peter; Allen, Christine; Alomari, Mahmoud A.; Al-Raddadi, Rajaa; Alsharif, Ubai; Altirkawi, Khalid A.; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; Amare, Azmeraw T.; Amenu, Kebede; Ammar, Walid; Amoako, Yaw Ampem; Anber, Nahla; Andrei, Catalina Liliana; Androudi, Sofia; Antonio, Carl Abelardo T.; Araujo, Valdelaine E. M.; Aremu, Olatunde; Arnlöv, Johan; Artaman, Al; Aryal, Krishna Kumar; Asayesh, Hamid; Asfaw, Ephrem Tsegay; Asgedom, Solomon Weldegebreal; Asghar, Rana Jawad; Ashebir, Mengistu Mitiku; Asseffa, Netsanet Abera; Atey, Tesfay Mehari; Atre, Sachin R.; Atteraya, Madhu S.; Avila-Burgos, Leticia; Avokpaho, Euripide Frinel G. Arthur; Awasthi, Ashish; Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina Ayala; Ayalew, Animut Alebel; Ayele, Henok Tadesse; Ayer, Rakesh; Ayuk, Tambe Betrand; Azzopardi, Peter; Azzopardi-Muscat, Natasha; Babalola, Tesleem Kayode; Badali, Hamid; Badawi, Alaa; Banach, Maciej; Banerjee, Amitava; Banstola, Amrit; Barber, Ryan M.; Barboza, Miguel A.; Barker-Collo, Suzanne L.; Bärnighausen, Till; Barquera, Simon; Barrero, Lope H.; Bassat, Quique; Basu, Sanjay; Baune, Bernhard T.; Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad; Bedi, Neeraj; Beghi, Ettore; Behzadifar, Masoud; Behzadifar, Meysam; Htet, Aung Soe; Kisa, Adnan; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Savic, Miloje; Skirbekk, Vegard Fykse; Vollset, Stein Emil; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Winkler, Andrea Sylvia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background A key component of achieving universal health coverage is ensuring that all populations have access to quality health care. Examining where gains have occurred or progress has faltered across and within countries ...