Background Comprehensive and comparable estimates of health spending in each country
are a key input for health policy and planning, and are necessary to support the achievement …

A systematic review was conducted to summarize and appraise the eHealth interventions
addressing HIV/STI prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM), and characterize …

Background Previous congenital heart disease estimates came from few data sources, were
geographically narrow, and did not evaluate congenital heart disease throughout the life …

Background Efforts to quantify the global burden of enteric fever are valuable for understanding
the health lost and the large-scale spatial distribution of the disease. We present the …

Background Although the burden of influenza is often discussed in the context of historical
pandemics and the threat of future pandemics, every year a substantial burden of lower …

Background Brain and CNS cancers (collectively referred to as CNS cancers) are a source
of mortality and morbidity for which diagnosis and treatment require extensive resource …

Background Through the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) studies,
headache has emerged as a major global public health concern. We aimed to use data …

Background: Nonrheumatic valvular diseases are common; however, no studies have
estimated their global or national burden. As part of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, …

Background To contribute to the WHO initiative, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, an
assessment of global vision impairment in 2020 and temporal change is needed. We aimed to …

Background Hearing loss affects access to spoken language, which can affect cognition and
development, and can negatively affect social wellbeing. We present updated estimates …