Search Tag: epidemiology
2025 03 Nov
Regular, comparable assessments of causes of death help set health priorities. Updated estimates now cover 292 causes across 204 countries and territories, plus 660 subnational locations, for each year from 1990 to 2023. The analysis combines death counts, rates and years of life lost (YLLs) and adds two intuitive measures: the probability of...Read more
2025 03 Nov
Regular, comparable assessments of causes of death help set health priorities. Updated estimates now cover 292 causes across 204 countries and territories, plus 660 subnational locations, for each year from 1990 to 2023. The analysis combines death counts, rates and years of life lost (YLLs) and adds two intuitive measures: the probability of...Read more
2025 02 Sep
Over the past half century, the world has witnessed remarkable progress in reducing mortality across age groups. Life expectancy at birth increased from 56 years in 1970 to 73 years in 2019, driven by advances in medical care, public health initiatives and declining fertility rates. At the same time, population ageing has reshaped the global demographic...Read more
2020 24 Aug
Contract tracing apps all of a sudden have proliferated as these digital tools are increasingly used, alongside other infection control measures, in battling the COVID-19 pandemic. However, results of a new systematic review (Braithwaite et al. 2020) suggest the usefulness of such apps in identifying or notifying contacts of an infected person...Read more
2016 06 Dec
The International Sepsis Forum (ISF) is a non-profit organization, focused on improving the management of sepsis through educational efforts. A council of international experts and opinion leaders heads the ISF and drives all its activities. The ISF provides international consensus on the latest understanding of key scientific and clinical issues through...Read more