As we witness in Afghanistan, Sudan, Ukraine, Gaza and in many other contexts, the current plight of these populations reveals a stark reality: the aspiration for UHC and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda by 2030 remain highly elusive [30]. To realize global h...
Mental health issues are among the top five causes of adolescent disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) lost, with more than 75% of mental illnesses originating before age 24 years.99 All adolescents have the right to accessible health services. Helping youth to prioritise health and engage in ...
BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The year of 2022 saw a world in turmoil: the United States fueled one conflict after another, the Ukraine crisis dragged on, the COVID-19 pandemic lingered on with Omicron emerging as the new strain. Inflation, food crisis, energy security, a sluggish world ...
In GBD 2019, a Bayesian meta-regression disease modeling tool (i.e., DisMod-MR-2.1) was used to estimate the incidence and prevalence of overall and type-specific CVDs produced by population surveys, cohorts and registries, health system administrative data, and microdata from registry and ...
The values in 1990 ranged from 3·5% (2·6–4·7) in Niger to 47·5% (37·6–56·0) in Andorra. In 2019, non-communicable and injury YLDs contributed to more than half of all disease burden in 11 countries. All but two countries, Ukraine and Lesotho, had higher ratios in 2019 ...
He stressed the importance of global collaboration as the key to advancing scientific research on issues such as climate change, health care and energy transformation. China is making a number of important contributions to science and technology, he said. ...
"Whether it is environmental destruction, climate change, the struggle against global poverty, the economic restart after COVID-19, or the resolution of conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, and other areas -- in short, any problem is easier to solve with cooperation," said Solheim. ...
Institutional investors are increasingly pushing their investee companies to address environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues—a phenomenon c
"Whether it is environmental destruction, climate change, the struggle against global poverty, the economic restart after COVID-19, or the resolution of conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, and other areas -- in short, any problem is easier to solve with cooperation," said Solheim. (Video reporters: ...
Differences in the social and economic environment across countries encourage humans to migrate in search of better living conditions, including job opportunities, higher salaries, security and welfare. Quantifying global migration is, however, challenging because of poor recording, privacy issues and resid...