World Health Organization - Pakistan

Alternative projections of mortality and disability by cause 1990–2020: Global Burden of Disease Study

Global mortality, disability, and the contribution of risk factors: Global Burden of Disease Study

Mortality by cause for eight regions of the world: Global Burden of Disease Study

Comparative quantification of health risks: Conceptual framework and methodological issues

Regional patterns of disability-free life expectancy and disability-adjusted life expectancy: Global Burden of Disease Study

Healthy life expectancy in 191 countries, 1999

We describe here the methods used to produce the first estimates of healthy life expectancy (DALE) for 191 countries in 1999. These were based on estimates of the incidence, pre...

On the development and psychometric testing of the WHO screening instrument to assess disablement in the general population

Abstract The development and psychometric testing of the new World Health Organization (WHO) disablement screening instrument for the general population is described. Two sample...

Models of the impact of dengue vaccines: A review of current research and potential approaches

Measuring burden of disease in Estonia to support public health policy

Cardiovascular disease and injuries, premature mortality, working age population, male and people from economically less developed regions should be the priority targets for pub...