Neurological disorders are increasingly recognised as major causes of death and disability worldwide. The aim of this analysis from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 is to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date estimates of the global, regional, ...
The methods for calculating YLLs, YLDs, and DALYs have been described elsewhere,6 but in brief, YLLs were the product of the number of deaths and standard life expectancy at each age of death,35 and YLDs were the product of the prevalence of each sequela and its corresponding disability wei...
In the 2019–20 award round the following specialties were specified in the databases: forensic psychiatry, general psychiatry, psychiatry (non-specific) and psychiatry of learning disability [13]. The rankings of medical schools by number of merit award-winning alumni were determined by summation ...
She also cited the rights to equality and non-discrimination, which include the right not to be treated in an unfairly discriminatory manner on such grounds as disability or economic or social status. Justice Munangati-Manongwa said it was imperative to note that the rights to dignity, privacy...
They were identified as priority conditions on the basis that they represent a high burden of mortality, morbidity, and disability; incurred large economic costs; or were associated with violations of human rights. The WHO mhGAP initiative has come up with an integrated package of interventions ...
This essay is often credited as proposing the first social security scheme, the first disability payments, and the first description of a system of dividends from common ownership of property that became embodied in the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend. He makes the claim that the Earth, itself, ...