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David Laith Rawaf

Imperial College London
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Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to …

C Fitzmaurice, TF Akinyemiju, FH Al Lami… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The increasing burden due to cancer and other noncommunicable diseases
poses a threat to human development, which has resulted in global political commitments …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

R Bourne, JD Steinmetz, S Flaxman… - The Lancet global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national burden of bone fractures in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease …

AM Wu, C Bisignano, SL James, GG Abady… - The Lancet Healthy …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Bone fractures are a global public health issue; however, to date, no
comprehensive study of their incidence and burden has been done. We aimed to measure …

[HTML][HTML] The burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO European region in 2019: a cross-country systematic analysis

T Mestrovic, GR Aguilar, LR Swetschinski… - The Lancet Public …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents one of the most crucial threats to
public health and modern health care. Previous studies have identified challenges with …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring the availability of human resources for health and its relationship to universal health coverage for 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: a …

A Haakenstad, CMS Irvine, M Knight, C Bintz… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Human resources for health (HRH) include a range of occupations that aim to
promote or improve human health. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the …

[HTML][HTML] The global, regional, and national burden of pancreatic cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic …

A Pourshams, SG Sepanlou, KS Ikuta… - The lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Worldwide, both the incidence and death rates of pancreatic cancer are
increasing. Evaluation of pancreatic cancer burden and its global, regional, and national …

Global mortality from firearms, 1990-2016

M Naghavi, LB Marczak, M Kutz, KA Shackelford… - Jama, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Understanding global variation in firearm mortality rates could guide prevention
policies and interventions. Objective To estimate mortality due to firearm injury deaths from …

[HTML][HTML] The global burden of childhood and adolescent cancer in 2017: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

LM Force, I Abdollahpour, SM Advani, D Agius… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Accurate childhood cancer burden data are crucial for resource planning and
health policy prioritisation. Model-based estimates are necessary because cancer …

[HTML][HTML] The burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders and self-harm among young people in Europe, 1990–2019: Findings from the Global Burden of …

G Castelpietra, AKS Knudsen, EE Agardh… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Mental health is a public health issue for European young people, with great
heterogeneity in resource allocation. Representative population-based studies are needed …

[HTML][HTML] Global, regional, and national burden of respiratory tract cancers and associated risk factors from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of …

H Ebrahimi, Z Aryan, SS Moghaddam… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Prevention, control, and treatment of respiratory tract cancers are important
steps towards achieving target 3.4 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—a …