Abstract The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) began 30 years ago with the goal of
providing timely, valid and relevant assessments of critical health outcomes. Over this …

Summary Background The 69th World Health Assembly approved the Global Health Sector
Strategy to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. Although no virological cure exists for hepatitis …

Background Estimates of demographic metrics are crucial to assess levels and trends of
population health outcomes. The profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on …

To the Editor: At the end of 2019, the first cases of pneumonia associated with coronavirus
(COVID-19) were reported in Wuhan, China (Huang et al., 2020). Thereafter, the number of …

Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed many social,
economic, environmental and healthcare determinants of health. We applied an ensemble …

Background Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Data on the
effectiveness of one-off low-dose CT (LDCT) in reducing lung cancer mortality and all-cause …

Background Accurate and up-to-date assessment of demographic metrics is crucial for
understanding a wide range of social, economic, and public health issues that affect …

Four decades ago, Iran encountered rapid sociodemographic and economic transitions.
This review was carried out to investigate the trend of cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

Background Detailed assessments of mortality patterns, particularly age-specific mortality,
represent a crucial input that enables health systems to target interventions to specific …

Background Healthy life expectancy (HALE) and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs)
provide summary measures of health across geographies and time that can inform …