Filter
3984
Filtered Results: 3984
Text search:
death
rates
Featured
Recommendations
323
New Publications
1102
Language
Document type
No document type
2475
Studies & Reports
721
Guidelines
380
Manuals
140
Strategic & Response Plan
113
Fact sheets
63
Training Material
42
Situation Updates
24
Infographics
13
Resource Platforms
11
Dashboards/Maps
1
Online Courses
1
Countries / Regions
India
208
Global
169
Kenya
116
Sierra Leone
101
Ethiopia
93
Nigeria
83
South Africa
80
Nepal
74
Uganda
73
Western and Central Europe
72
Zambia
70
Latin America and the Carribbean
67
Malawi
66
Liberia
65
Tanzania
64
Myanmar / Burma
62
Rwanda
60
Ghana
56
Bangladesh
56
Africa
50
Philippines
45
Syria
36
Ukraine
36
Asia
35
Cambodia
34
Congo, Democratic Republic of
33
Lesotho
33
Namibia
32
Eastern Europe
31
Zimbabwe
29
Mozambique
27
South–East Asia Region
27
South Sudan
23
Haiti
22
Senegal
21
Indonesia
21
Guinea
18
Brazil
17
Botswana
17
Yemen
17
East and Southern Africa
16
Middle East and North Africa
15
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
14
Eswatini/ Swaziland
13
Russia
13
Colombia
12
Venezuela
12
West and Central Africa
11
USA
10
Thailand
10
Sudan
10
Somalia
9
Pakistan
9
Jordan
9
Lebanon
9
Burkina Faso
8
Cameroon
8
Germany
8
Afghanistan
7
Central African Republic
7
Western Pacific Region
7
Tajikistan
7
Moldova
7
Peru
6
Sri Lanka
6
Paraguay
6
Albania
6
Mali
5
China
5
Palestine
5
Egypt
4
Papua New Guinea
4
Benin
4
Argentina
4
Ecuador
4
Canada
4
Kyrgyzstan
4
Georgia
4
North America
4
United Kingdom
4
Iraq
3
Turkey
3
North Macedonia
3
Bolivia
3
Madagascar
3
Mexico
3
Chile
3
Southern Africa
3
Laos
3
Timor Leste/ East Timor
3
Iran
3
Kazakhstan
3
Vietnam
3
Jamaica
3
Togo
2
El Salvador
2
Angola
2
Other region
2
Fiji
2
Armenia
2
Mauritius
2
Spain
2
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
1
Saudi Arabia
1
Niger
1
Chad
1
Gambia
1
Ireland
1
Dominican Republic
1
Serbia
1
Honduras
1
Greece
1
Libya
1
Guatemala
1
Bhutan
1
Poland
1
North Korea
1
Djibouti
1
Qatar
1
Lithuania
1
Turkmenistan
1
France
1
Portugal
1
Azerbaijan
1
Belarus
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
1644
Clinical Guidelines
351
Women & Child Health
255
Public Health
236
Key Resources
114
Capacity Building
53
Pharmacy & Technologies
22
Annual Report MEDBOX
2
Toolboxes
Mental Health
347
HIV
330
COVID-19
278
TB
258
Planetary Health
139
NCDs
107
Ebola
97
Conflict
92
Rapid Response
84
Disability
82
Caregiver
81
NTDs
74
AMR
70
Global Health Education
64
Refugee
56
Natural Hazards
40
Pharmacy
32
Cholera
31
Health Financing Toolbox
28
Specific Hazards
22
Polio
21
Social Ethics
9
Zika
7
South Sudan
1
The document outlines strategies for reducing salt intake to combat high blood pressure, strokes, and heart disease in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. It highlights the need for progressive reductions in salt consumption, particularly in staple foods like bread, while promoting public awareness, e...
The substantial burden of death and disability that results from interpersonal violence, road traffic injuries, unintentional injuries, occupational health risks, air pollution, climate change, and inadequate water and sanitation falls disproportion...
The substantial burden of death and disability that results from interpersonal violence, road traffic injuries, unintentional injuries, occupational health risks, air pollution, climate change, and inadequate water and sanitation falls disproportion...
Natural disasters often increase morbidity and mortality rates. Taking appropriate measures to maintain environmental health helps to reduce or eliminate the risks of preventable disease and death. ...
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the single most common cause of death globally. However, with falling CHD mortality rates, an increasingnumber of people live with CHD and may need support to manage ...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the second common cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounting for about 35% of all deaths, after a composite of communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases. Despite prior perception of lo...
Ethnic disparities in COVID-19 persist, with increased rates of infection, severe disease, and death among people from minority ethnic groups. COVID-19 vaccination ... also remain lowest in these communities compared with white people in the UK. Among people older than 18 years, the proportion who have had three COVID-19 vaccinations in England in March, 2022, was lowest among Black Caribbean (38%), Black African (45%), and Pakistani (45%) ethnic groups. These disparities are likely to be attributed to the intersection of key social determinants, including socioeconomic factors such as deprivation, overcrowding, and working patterns and conditions,
alongside discrimination and structural violence in the health-care system and society.
Here you can download different charts about cases by world region, prevalence rates, and progress towards polio eradication and much more.
Polio is an infectious disease that is caused and transmitted by the poliovirus. Most infections do not le...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a leading cause of death in the African region, surpassing fatalities from malaria, HIV, and TB. In response to this critical threat, the region has adopted the AMR Global Action Plan and the African Uni...
Recent efforts to fight malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have yielded impressive results. According to the latest WHO estimates, the six GMS countries cut their malaria case incidence by an estimated 54% between 2012 and 2015. Malaria death...
While many of the countries hit by the COVID-19 in the first few months of the year are now beginning to relax lockdown measures as infection and death rates fall, in the regions most affected by HI...
High salt consumption is an important determinant of high blood pressure and reducing it would improve health outcomes by lowering cardiovascular disease and therefore death rates. Reducing salt int...
By almost any measure, human health is better now than at any time in history. Life expectancy has soared from 47 years in 1950–1955, to 69 years in 2005–2010, and death rates in children younge...
Cardiovascular diseases, principally ischemic heart disease (IHD), are the most important cause of death and disability in the majority of low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs). In these countries, IHD mortality ... are significantly greater in individuals of a low socioeconomic status (SES).
Three important focus areas for decreasing IHD mortality among those of low SES in LLMICs are (1) acute coronary care; (2) cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention; and (3) primary prevention. Greater mortality in low SES patients with acute coronary syndrome is due to lack of awareness of symptoms in patients and primary care physicians, delay in reaching healthcare facilities, non-availability of thrombolysis and coronary revascularization, and the non-affordability of expensive medicines (statins, dual anti-platelets, renin-angiotensin system blockers). Facilities for rapid diagnosis and accessible and affordable long-term care at secondary and tertiary care hospitals for IHD care are needed. A strong focus on the social determinants of health (low education, poverty, working and living conditions), greater healthcare financing, and efficient primary care is required. The quality of primary prevention needs to be improved with initiatives to eliminate tobacco and trans-fats and to reduce the consumption of alcohol, refined carbohydrates, and salt along with the promotion of healthy foods and physical activity. Efficient primary care with a focus on management of blood pressure, lipids and diabetes is needed. Task sharing with community health workers, electronic decision support systems, and use of fixed-dose combinations of blood pressure-lowering drugs and statins can substantially reduce risk factors and potentially lead to large reductions in IHD. Finally, training of physicians, nurses, and health workers in IHD prevention should be strengthened.
The article "Cardiovascular Diseases" on Our World in Data provides an in-depth analysis of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), the leading cause of death globally. It examines CVD trends, such as the decline in mortality ... in high-income countries due to improved healthcare and lifestyle changes, while low- and middle-income countries experience rising CVD burdens. The article highlights major risk factors, including high blood pressure, obesity, smoking, and poor diet. It emphasizes the importance of preventive measures and access to treatment to reduce global disparities in CVD outcomes. The data-driven approach uses visualizations to illustrate the global impact and distribution of CVD.
This booklet presents data on NCD mortality and prevalence of NCD risk factors, by country, for the Region of the Americas. The focus is on the 5 x 5 NCD agenda which includes the main NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases), and mental health (suicide); as...
Background: Data on burden of peripheral artery disease (PAD) and its attributable risk factors are valuable for policymaking. We aimed to estimate the burden and risk factors for PAD from 1990 to 2019.
Methods: We extracted the data on prevalence, incidence, ..., years lived with disability (YLDs), and years of life lost (YLLs) from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 to measure PAD burden. Moreover, the attributable burden to PAD risk factors was also estimated.
Results: Globally, in 2019, 113,443,017 people lived with PAD and 10,504,092 new cases occurred, resulting in 74,063 deaths, 500,893 YLDs, and 1,035,487 YLLs. The absolute numbers of PAD prevalent and incident cases significantly increased between 1990 and 2019, contrasting with the decline trends in age-standardized prevalence and incidence rates. However, no statistically significant changes were detected in the global age-standardized death or YLL rates. The burden of PAD and its temporal trends varied significantly by location, gender, age group, and social-demographic status. Among all potentially modifiable risk factors, age-standardized PAD deaths worldwide were primarily attributable to high fasting plasma glucose, followed by high systolic blood pressure, tobacco, kidney dysfunction, diet high in sodium, and lead exposure.
Conclusion: PAD remained a serious public health problem worldwide. More strategies aimed at implementing cost-effective interventions and addressing modifiable risk factors should be carried out, especially in regions with high or increasing burden.
DM for Care
In northeastern Nigeria—“Boko Haram’s den”—at least 3 in 10 people suffer from untreated mental illness. Despite high suicide rates and risks of radicalization, care is reserved for treating substance use or disorders like sc...
J Bras Pneumol. 2022;48(2):e20220082
The spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to progress, causing damage in several countries of the world due to its rapid transmissibility and significant mortality rates...
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide in 2018, with 570,000 new cases and 311,000 deaths occurring annually.T he highest incidence rates are in Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, SubSaharan Africa, Western Africa, Melanes...
