• Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries 

      Glasbey, James C; Abbott, Tom EF; Ademuyiwa, Adesoji; Adisa, Adewale; Alameer, Ehab; Alshryda, Sattar; Augestad, Knut Magne; Søreide, Kjetil; Singh, Banipal Gurpreet; Arnaud, Alexis P; Bankhead-Kendall, B.; Abou Chaar, MK; Chaudhry, Daoud; Costas-Chavarri, Ainhoa; Cunha, MF; Davies, Justine I; Desai, A.; Elhadi, Muhammed; Fiore, Marco; Fitzgerald, J. Edward; Fourtounas, M.; Fowler, Alex James; Futaba, Kay; Gallo, Gaetano; Ghosh, Dhruva; Gujjuri, RR; Hamilton, Rebecca; Haque, Parvez; Harrison, Ewen M.; Hutchinson, Peter; Hyman, Gabriella; Isik, Arda; Jayarajah, Umesh; Kaafarani, Haytham MA; Kadir, Bryar; Lawani, Ismail; Lederhuber, Hans; Li, Elizabeth; Löffler, Markus W; Lorena, Maria Aguilera; Mann, Harvinder; Martin, Janet; Mazingi, Dennis; McClain, Craig D.; McLean, Kenneth A; Meara, John G.; Ramos-De la Medina, Antonio; Mengesha, Mengistu; Minaya, Ana; Modolo, Maria Marta; Moore, Rachel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around ...
    • Eliminating postnatal HIV transmission in high incidence areas: need for complementary biomedical interventions 

      Van de Perre, Philippe; Goga, Ameena; Ngandu, Nobubelo; Nagot, Nicolas; Moodley, Dhayendre; King, Rachel; Molès, Jean-Pierre; Mosqueira, Beatriz; Chirinda, Witness; Scarlatti, Gabriella; Tylleskär, Thorkild; Dabis, François; Gray, Glenda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The rate of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV from breastfeeding is increasing relative to other causes of MTCT. Early effective preconception and antenatal antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces intrauterine and ...
    • Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Murray, Christopher J L; Aravkin, Aleksandr Y; Zheng, Peng; Abbafati, Cristiana; Abbas, Kaja M.; Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen; Kisa, Adnan; Kisa, Sezer; Sulo, Gerhard; Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Abd-Allah, Foad; Abdelalim, Ahmed; Abdollahi, Mohammad; Abdollahpour, Ibrahim; Abegaz, Kedir Hussein; Abolhassani, Hassan; Aboyans, Victor; Abreu, Lucas Guimarães; Abrigo, Michael R M; Abualhasan, Ahmed; Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal; Abushouk, Abdelrahman I.; Adabi, Maryam; Adekanmbi, Victor; Adeoye, Abiodun Moshood; Adetokunboh, Olatunji O; Adham, Davoud; Advani, Shailesh M.; Agarwal, Gina; Aghami, Seyed Mohammad Kazem; Agrawal, Anurag; Ahmad, Tauseef; Ahmadi, Keivan; Ahmadi, Mehdi; Ahmadieh, Hamid; Ahmed, Muktar Beshir; Akalu, Temesgen Yihunie; Akinyemi, Rufus Olusola; Akinyemiju, Tomi; Akombi, Blessing; Akunna, Chisom Joyqueenet; Alahdab, Fares; Al-Aly, Ziyad; Alam, Khurshid; Alam, Samiah; Alam, Tahiya; Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour; Alanzi, Turki M; Alemu, Biresaw Wassihun; AlHabib, Khalid F.; Ali, Muhammad; Ali, Saqib; Brauer, Michael; Afshin, A; Lim, Stephen S (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Rigorous analysis of levels and trends in exposure to leading risk factors and quantification of their effect on human health are important to identify where public health is making progress and in which cases ...
    • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants 

      Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea; Zhou, Bin; Sophiea, Marisa K.; Bentham, James; Paciorek, Christopher J.; Turilli, Maria L.C.; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Ariansen, Inger Kristine Holtermann; Bjertness, Espen; Bjertness, Marius Bergsmark; Ekelund, Ulf; Graff-Iversen, Sidsel; Grøholt, Else Karin; Haugsgjerd, Teresa Risan; Bergh, Ingunn Holden; Janszky, Imre; Kolle, Elin; Krokstad, Steinar; Madar, Ahmed Ali; Sen, Abhijit; Skodje, Gry Irene; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Nilsen, Bente; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Tarp, Jakob; Tell, Grete S.; Torheim, Liv Elin; Wilsgaard, Tom; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M.; Bennett, James E.; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Taddei, Cristina; Bixby, Honor; Stevens, Gretchen A.; Riley, Leanne M.; Cowan, Melanie J.; Savin, Stefan; Danaei, Goodarz; Chirita-Emandi, Adela; Kengne, Andre P; Khang, Young-Ho; Laxmaiah, Avula; Malekzadeh, Reza; Miranda, Jaime; Moon, Jin Soo; Popovic, Stevo; Sørensen, Thorkild I.A.; Soric, Maroje; Starc, Gregor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which ...
    • 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 ...
    • Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Lozano, Rafael; Fullman, Nancy; Mumford, John Everett; Knight, Megan; Barthelemy, Celine M.; Abbafati, Cristiana; Abbastabar, Hedayat; Abd-Allah, Foad; Abdollahi, Mohammad; Abedi, Aidin; Abolhassani, Hassan; Abosetugn, Akine Eshete; Abreu, Lucas Guimarães; Abrigo, Michael R M; Abu Haimed, Abdulaziz Khalid; Abushouk, Abdelrahman I.; Adabi, Maryam; Adebayo, Oladimeji M.; Adekanmbi, Victor; Adelson, Jaimie D.; Adetokunboh, Olatunji O.; Adham, Davoud; Advani, Shailesh M.; Afshin, Ashkan; Agarwal, Gina; Agasthi, Pradyumna; Aghamir, Seyed Mohammad Kazem; Agrawal, Anurag; Ahmad, Tauseef; Akinyemi, Rufus Olusola; Alahdab, Fares; Al-Aly, Ziyad; Alam, Khurshid; Albertson, Samuel B.; Alemu, Yihun Mulugeta; Alhassan, Robert Kaba; Ali, Muhammad; Ali, Saqib; Alipour, Vahid; Aljunid, Syed Mohamed; Alla, François; Almadi, Majid Abdulrahman Hamad; Almasi, Ali; Almasi-Hashiani, Amir; Almasri, Nihad A; Al-Mekhlaf, Hesham M; Kisa, Adnan; Yitayew, Teferi Mekonnen; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Hassan, Shoaib (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) involves all people receiving the health services they need, of high quality, without experiencing financial hardship. Making progress towards UHC is a policy priority ...
    • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants 

      Tell, Grethe S.; Haugsgjerd, Teresa Risan; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Ariansen, Inger; Bjertness, Espen; Bjertness, Marius Bergsmark; Ekelund, Ulf; Graff Iversen, Sidsel; Kolle, Elin; Krokstad, Steinar; Madar, Ahmed Ali; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, ...