Acting on Data

Una entrevista con la Dra. Gisela Robles Aguilar, la primera autora de un reciente estudio dirigido por IHME sobre la resistencia a los antibióticos en la Región de las Américas de la OMS y una investigadora de la Carga Mundial de Morbilidad en la Universidad de Oxford.

An interview with Dr. Gisela Robles Aguilar, the first author of a recent IHME-led study on antibiotic resistance in the WHO Region of the Americas and a Global Burden of Disease researcher at the University of Oxford.

Curiosity is the springboard to great discussions. That’s the premise of Trevor Noah’s new YouTube series called The Prompt, where he explores serious topics with probing questions. There are a few laughs along the way, too.

An interview with Drs. Alize Ferrari and Damian Santomauro, IHME’s experts on mental health for the Global Burden of Disease study.

Dr. Jean Jacques Noubiap is a specialist physician and scientist from Cameroon whose career has centered around combatting the burden of disease of populations in Africa, with a focus on cardiovascular risk factors and diseases.

A new study led by IHME shows that arthritis is a prime cause of disability among the general population, particularly women and people with uteruses.

As wildfires rage across the Northern Hemisphere, many people are wondering how the smoky air might affect their health.

We’re excited to unveil some new features that will make your search for health data faster than ever. 

Nearly 36 million Europeans – or 1 in 30 – may have experienced long COVID in the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, announced the World Health Organization (WHO) European regional director Dr. Hans Kluge, who cited the latest estimates by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).   

Dr. Andrew Marshall, Lead Research Scientist at IHME, shares his experience having obsessive compulsive disorder, common misconceptions about OCD, the nuanced stigma he’s experienced around this disorder, what empathy can look like, and what advocacy can help achieve.

Congratulations to IHME Professor Lalit Dandona for being awarded the G Parthasarathi Oration at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST).

An IHME study based on the 2021 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study found that in 2020, 619 million people suffered from lower back pain globally.

An IHME study based on the 2019 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study found that in 2019, nearly 1.6 billion people globally were living with hearing loss.

A study from IHME on health care spending shows that the cost savings of cutting Medicaid spending aren’t so simple. The August 2022 study tracked health care spending by state from 2000 to 2019 in order to understand what the main drivers of spending are and to figure out which drivers policymakers can influence.

In honor of World TB Day 2023, we asked IHME Assistant Professor Dr. Hmwe Hmwe Kyu to tell us more about her work on tuberculosis.