Global Burden of Disease Study
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Global Fertility Rate Continues To Fall: How Governments Could Prepare
The global fertility rate will decline from now through 2100, according to new projections in The Lancet
Global Life Expectancy Declines for First Time in 30 Years
Overall life expectancy is struggling, according to a highly anticipated update to the Global Burden of Disease study
Governance
Tackling the World’s Most Vexing Diseases Through Data
A call to re-shape the way policymakers make health decisions by getting the most cost-effective priorities straight
Poverty
Diabetes and TB—A Complicating Combo
Though they are entirely different types of diseases TB and diabetes exacerbate each other in surprising—and costly—ways
Aging
Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number—Except When it Comes to Health
In some parts of the world, forty is the new seventy
Poverty
How to Prevent a Million Children’s Deaths
Closing gap on child mortality for UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 in ten years may take baby steps, not giant leaps