Tag Archives: sustainable development goals

WHO and global health statistics

Posted on August 25, 2020 by colinmathers

My paper “History of global burden of disease assessment at the World Health Organization”  has just been published in Archives of Public Health. It reviews WHO work on Global Burden of Disease over the last 20 years and the challenges … Continue reading →

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State-level trends and levels of child mortality in India 2000-2015

Posted on May 20, 2019 by colinmathers

I’ve been involved for nearly 20 years in the estimation of global, regional and national causes of child death under the age of 5, in collaboration with academic researchers and a number of WHO technical departments (new-estimates-of-the-causes-of-child-death-under-age-5).  This collaboration has … Continue reading →

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Are humans heating up the world?

Posted on January 10, 2019 by colinmathers

I was in Australia over Christmas-New Year period and the southern parts of the country were sweltering in a heat wave. Yesterday, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology issued its 2018 climate statement, revealing a record breaking run of rising temperatures. … Continue reading →

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Are countries on track to meet the global targets for noncommunicable diseases?

Posted on September 21, 2018 by colinmathers

More than half of all countries are predicted to fail to reach the UN target to reduce premature deaths from cancers, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes by 2030, according to a new analysis published by the NCD Countdown … Continue reading →

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Latest information on the state of the world’s health released by WHO

Posted on June 17, 2018 by colinmathers

In mid-May, WHO released World Health Statistics 2018: Monitoring health for the SDGs  (WHS2018). This WHO flagship publication compiles data from the organization’s 194 Member States on 36 health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicators, providing a snapshot of both gains … Continue reading →

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Disease Control Priorities, Edition 3

Posted on December 24, 2017 by colinmathers

The third edition of Disease Control Priorities was launched by the WHO Director General, Dr Tedros Adhanom, in London earlier this month. These nine volumes provide up-to-date evidence on priorities that countries should consider in order to reach Universal Health … Continue reading →

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Universal health coverage

Posted on December 14, 2017 by colinmathers

A WHO report monitoring progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) was released yesterday. It reports the proportion of the population that can access essential health services, and the proportion that are pushed into poverty by healthcare expenses, for 183 countries. … Continue reading →

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Monitoring trends in causes of death – India and the Million Death Study

Posted on September 24, 2017 by colinmathers

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030 include around 15 targets for mortality-related indicators.  The “gold” standard method for monitoring mortality and causes of death is a well-functioning civil registration system in which every death certificate has a medically … Continue reading →

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Global health is improving, so is global health information

Posted on May 18, 2017 by colinmathers

Yesterday we released World Health Statistics 2017: Monitoring health for the SDGs. This WHO flagship publication compiles data from the organization’s 194 Member States on 21 health-related SDG targets, providing a snapshot of both gains and threats to the health … Continue reading →

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Progress in reducing child deaths: updated estimates of causes and trends

Posted on November 15, 2016 by colinmathers

Despite remarkable progress in the improvement of child survival between 1990 and 2015, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 target of a two-thirds reduction of under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) was not achieved globally. A paper published last week examined updated … Continue reading →

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