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Tag Archives: malaria
WHO and the Global Burden of Disease
As a former WHO staff member, who played a key role in the production and clearance of WHO health statistics over the last 15 years, and a long-time collaborator with the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) enterprise and with the … Continue reading
New estimates of the causes of child death under age 5
WHO has just released the latest update on global causes of death for children under age 5 for years 2000-2017. These are available for download on the WHO website at https://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/estimates/en/index2.html and also in the Global Health Observatory at http://www.who.int/gho. … Continue reading
