New GBD data published in The Lancet highlights Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)'s substantial burden worldwide, affecting women at a higher rate than men. In 2021, there was an estimated 192K cases of PAH globally, women accounting for 62% (119K) of cases with men making up the remainder →http://ms.spr.ly/6041W6pOz
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The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent global health research center at the University of Washington that provides rigorous and comparable measurement of the world's most important health problems and evaluates the strategies used to address them. IHME makes this information freely available so that policymakers have the evidence they need to make informed decisions about how to allocate resources to best improve population health. Our mission is to improve the health of the world’s populations by providing the best information on population health.
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- Research
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- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Seattle, Washington
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- 2007
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- Population Health, Global Burden of Disease, Health Metrics, Impact evaluation, Research, Global health, and Health Financing
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New #GBD2021 study reveals that upper respiratory infections (URI) and otitis media (OM) account for nearly half of all global disease episodes, causing significant health and economic impacts. In 2021, they led to 6.86M YLDs and 8.16M DALYs across all ages and sexes. Read the research at The Lancet ➡http://ms.spr.ly/6045mFyrH
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Accelerating the decline in tobacco smoking globally could increase life expectancy and prevent millions of premature deaths by 2050, according to a study from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) Tobacco Forecasting Collaborators published in The Lancet Public Health. ➡http://ms.spr.ly/6049mFHFZ
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Earlier this week, Dr. Madeleine Ballard, CEO, accepted the 2024 #RouxPrize on behalf of the Community Health Impact Coalition’s (CHIC) work to ensure all health workers have the resources they need to succeed in providing health care worldwide. Listen to our conversation with Dr. Ballard and Prossy Muyingo, CHW Mobilizer, about CHIC’s work and goals to support health care access for all worldwide here ↓
Community Health Workers are key to remote global care | IHME’s Global Health Insights
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New JAMA Ophthalmology findings indicate approx. 4.22M individuals in the US have glaucoma, with 1.49M experiencing vision-impairing glaucoma. Significant demographic disparities exist; Black individuals are 3 times as likely to suffer from it compared to White individuals, affecting about 1.94M males and 2.29M females. Learn more: http://ms.spr.ly/6040mCoZE
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In 2022, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was responsible for 1.5 million deaths worldwide. Between 2025 and 2050, AMR is projected to cause over 110 million deaths if no significant improvements are made. More details in new #EcoAMR partner series: http://ms.spr.ly/6047m4L3S World Organisation for Animal Health | The World Bank | Center for Global Development | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation | RAND Europe
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Without urgent #ActionOnAMR, antimicrobial resistance will account for three deaths every minute between 2025 and 2050. Read the latest #GRAM paper to learn what action is needed to slow down the spread of #AMR worldwide: http://ms.spr.ly/6043mFH5S
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Improving health care access in low- and middle-income countries by 2050 could deliver: $253 billion in annual GDP gains $479 billion in annual health value Discover how in the #EcoAMR series: http://ms.spr.ly/6042mFHwn
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Increases in strokes in younger adults—particularly those under 55—are rising. Growing risk factors include rising rates of obesity and environmental impacts, but the biggest risk factor worldwide is high blood pressure, writes Tara Haelle for National Geographic
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Yesterday, Community Health Impact Coalition (CHIC) CEO Dr. Madeleine Ballard received the 2024 #RouxPrize on behalf of 10K community health workers (CHWs) in 60+ countries. CHIC works to improve health care access/outcomes by redefining health care, ensuring CHWs get salaries, skills, and supplies necessary for their critical global health role. »http://ms.spr.ly/6046mFHOI