There is a reason that the WHO includes community masking as part of their pandemic preparations, now.

The #COVID19 pandemic had a profound impact on health trends in 2020 & 2021 becoming the second-leading cause of death around the world #GBD Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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Global tuberculosis (TB) deaths ↓ 11.9% from 2015-2020, according to a recent GBD study. Researchers wanted to understand if the world was meeting milestones set by World Health Organization (WHO) in the WHO End TB Strategy, which called for a 35% reduction in TB deaths by 2020: ms.spr.ly/6014YDji4

The Roux Prize recognizes innovators who are dedicated to improving population health on local, national, or global levels. Nominations for Roux Prize 2024 are open until May 15!

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Last year’s Roux Prize recipient, Ibrahim Abubakar 🎉

GBD study shows global fertility rates drop, indicating fewer child deaths. Yet, sustained low fertility may lead to population decline. Via The Guardian Prof. Devi Sridhar
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Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) 3/n global mental health, many medical students when they come speak with me about global health careers are surprised (and some excited) when I talk about psychiatry or child psych healthdata.org/research-analy…

2/n among them, what we’ve learned from the Global Burden of Disease Study from Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) about the rising importance of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular illness nature.com/articles/s4159…

IHME's Dr Alize Ferrari shares the latest findings from GBD 2021, showing how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed global health trends over the past 30 years. 🔑 finding: NO notable improvements in mental health since 1990!

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What did #Covid_19 teach us about countries strengths & vulnerabilities? Join: Live webinar Apr. 30, 1-2 PM CEST: How to strengthen health systems for health security? World Health Organization (WHO) Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) workshop series with: Ministry of Health Elizabeth Serieux Rafael Lozano LinaYu Dr Nirmal Kandel

🔍 As a biomechanist, I always like new research from Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Low back pain remains a leading cause of disability worldwide according to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Diverse MSK disorders are ranked 5 and Falls 11.

1/n Latest from ⁦Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)⁩ and their new Global Burden of Disease 2021 data for COVID19 excess mortality in 2021. A few things: First, it helps dispel the myth that LMIC nations on the African Continent were spared the ravages of Covid. A reason…

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