Measuring the Global and Local Burden of Disease

Everyone, all over the world, deserves to live a long life in full health. In order to achieve this goal, we need a comprehensive picture of what disables and kills people across countries, time, age, and sex. The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study quantifies health loss from hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors. While global- and national-level estimates have been essential to understanding overarching trends in child mortality, infectious diseases, access to clean water, and other health-related topics, they can mask local variations within national borders. Combining local detail with broad coverage – producing 5-by-5-kilometer estimates for entire continents and, eventually, the world – would give health officials everywhere the tools to make locally informed decisions. This presentation will highlight key results from the GBD study as well as new research bringing this analysis to the local level. After viewing this lecture, participants should be able to:
1. Identify the major challenges to improving health at the global level including the top causes of burden of disease.
2. Recognize disparities in health outcomes at the local level.
3. Examine some of the key challenges to producing better evidence on population health.

Christopher JL Murray, MD, DPhil Institute Director, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Professor, Dept. of Global Health Adjunct Professor, Health Services University of Washington

5/16/18

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