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Research center at @UW quantifying global health challenges & developing the Global Burden of Disease study: https://t.co/oZEYdt6DF5

Seattle, Washington
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@IHME_UW
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
24 days
Three GBD 2023 capstones have just been published in @TheLancet • Global demographic analysis: https://t.co/4FD12Yx67C • Global causes of death: https://t.co/y3LAQ5lZ2g • Global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors: https://t.co/EZA60LRjRk
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In 2023, 10.5M people were living with Chagas disease. There was a 16% decrease in prevalent cases since 1990 & a 55% drop in the global age-standardized prevalence rate. New research published in @TheLancetInfDis: https://t.co/KteGVwGKNy
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@IHME_UW
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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@CDCFound This award recognizes Dr. Murray’s work developing analytic methods that have transformed global public health policies, strengthened health interventions, and improved health outcomes worldwide: https://t.co/nIwCLTRoAL
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@IHME_UW
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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IHME Director Dr. Chris Murray has received the James and Sarah Fries Prize for Improving Health from the @CDCFound at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
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@TheLancetPH This research shows that AMR has been a serious public health threat in the EMR for more than 30 years. • Read the study: https://t.co/rh6AuSzst7 • Watch the full Q&A video with IHME Affiliate Associate Professor Dr. Tomislav Meštrović:
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@IHME_UW
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent global crisis — in 2021, there were an estimated 92,800 deaths attributable to bacterial AMR in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), according to a recent study published in @TheLancetPH. ↓
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@IHME_UW
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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Join the upcoming GBD Learning session, "Interpreting GBD measures and metrics" to analyze key indicators used in the GBD study: disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), years of life lost (YLLs), and years lived with disability (YLDs), and more ➜ https://t.co/RVbmz7K8V4
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@IHME_UW
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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La próxima semana se llevarán a cabo sesiones en español con el Dr. Rafael Lozano, profesor emérito del IHME, y la Dra. Christian Razo, profesora adjunta de IHME. Inscríbase en cada sesión: https://t.co/bfe0i31LSV
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@IHME_UW
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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IHME está organizando una serie de lecturas para compartir nuevos recursos del GBD 2023: resultados actualizados, métricas, mediciones y herramientas de visualización de datos. ↓
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@IHME_UW
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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Interested in learning how to use the GBD Compare data visualization tool? Join a GBD Learning session — interactive, hands-on instruction focused on navigating GBD 2023 data and estimates via GBD Compare. Learn more and register ⤵ https://t.co/5kg0ufd976
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@IHME_UW
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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Join the GBD Learning session, "GBD 2023 results and impact" Learn more about the upcoming sessions and register ↓ https://t.co/nI2KXJzUq1
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@IHME_UW
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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Read the research, published in @CellPressNews https://t.co/n79sbN6V80 Watch the full Q&A video with IHME Collaborator Dr. Jiyeon Oh:
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@IHME_UW
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
10 days
In 2021, there were 2.0B people with tension-type headaches and 1.2B with migraines. Recent research provides updated global estimates of prevalence & years lived with disability from 1990 to 2021 and forecasts through 2050. ↓
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Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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The modifiable risk factors that contributed the most to the global CVD burden were high systolic blood pressure, dietary risks, high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and air pollution. Read the research, published in the @JACCJournals: https://t.co/J7f6xBxdDD
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Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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The number of prevalent cases of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the world has more than doubled since 1990, with 626 million cases reported globally according to recent research on CVD burden and risk factors. ↓
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@IHME_UW
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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Country profiles: https://t.co/IX5mAELDdW GBD Sex Differences tool (new): https://t.co/LFSdohAAMH Burden of Proof:
healthdata.org
Compare strength of evidence for health risks and outcomes.
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Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
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Updated data visualization tools are now available with the release of GBD 2023 ↓ GBD Compare: https://t.co/bw3PRKMXPT GBD Results Tool: https://t.co/NWHOcgaIRP GBD Cancer Compare: https://t.co/SU4fL5Ydew
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GBD Learning Week starts this Monday, Oct. 27! Dive into GBD 2023 results and impact, learn how to use the data visualization tool GBD Compare, interpret GBD measures and metrics. Spanish language webinars will be Tuesday, Nov. 4:
healthdata.org
IHME offers a variety of education and training opportunities for policymakers and scholars engaged in population health and health metrics research, advocacy, and policy.
@IHME_UW
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
15 days
Mark your calendar for GBD Learning Week, Oct. 27–31! Explore cutting-edge topics in GBD research, sharpen your skills with demonstrations of GBD 2023 methods & tools, engage with the global community of health metrics scientists. Learn more & register: https://t.co/a74Obc3bm7
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Air pollution continues to exacerbate global health, including noncommunicable diseases & dementia, according the State of Global Air 2025 report published today. This is a collaborative effort from @HEIresearch, IHME, and the @ncdalliance https://t.co/jvXHOczpPk
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@WorldHealthSmt
World Health Summit
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“There’s lots of good news. But what’s going up really fast in the world is mental health disorders.” - Christopher Murray, Director, @IHME_UW   At #WHS2025, Christopher Murray reflected on the latest findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 and what they mean for
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World Health Summit
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“There’s a lot of scope for individuals to improve their risks of noncommunicable disease through diet, physical activity, stopping smoking, and reducing weight. But it’s hard for individuals to do that if public policy doesn’t make it easier.” - Christopher Murray, Director,
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