World Health Organization - Pakistan

Alternative projections of mortality and disability by cause 1990–2020: Global Burden of Disease Study

Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences

A Novel Coronavirus Associated with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

A novel coronavirus is associated with this outbreak, and the evidence indicates that this virus has an etiologic role in SARS. Because of the death of Dr. Carlo Urbani, we prop...

Global mortality, disability, and the contribution of risk factors: Global Burden of Disease Study

Mortality by cause for eight regions of the world: Global Burden of Disease Study

An Integrated Risk Function for Estimating the Global Burden of Disease Attributable to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Exposure

We developed a fine particulate mass-based RR model that covered the global range of exposure by integrating RR information from different combustion types that generate emissio...

National, regional, and global trends in adult overweight and obesity prevalences

Abstract Background Overweight and obesity prevalence are commonly used for public and policy communication of the extent of the obesity epidemic, yet comparable estimates of tr...

Comparative quantification of health risks: Conceptual framework and methodological issues

Regional patterns of disability-free life expectancy and disability-adjusted life expectancy: Global Burden of Disease Study

Armed conflict as a public health problem

Armed conflict between warring states and groups within states have been major causes of ill health and mortality for most of human history. Conflict obviously causes deaths and...