Global Health Insights
Q&A: Global breast cancer cases expected to reach over 3.5M by 2050
New breast cancer cases in women are predicted to increase globally from 2.3 million in 2023 to more than 3.5 million in 2050.
Q&A: Understanding facility-based births in LMICs
The research examined the distribution of delivery location by health facility in 130 LMICs from 1995 to 2023 to improve access, quality, and equity.
Q&A: Global burden of sexual violence against children and intimate partner violence
Sexual violence against children (SVAC) and intimate partner violence (IPV) against women are two of the most devastating yet persistently underrecognized global health challenges and rank among the top risks for mortality and morbidity worldwide, according to research published in The Lancet.
Q&A: Chronic kidney disease has more than doubled since 1990
The number of adults living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has more than doubled since 1990, reaching nearly 800 million, and signaling a growing global health crisis. CKD was the ninth-leading cause of death worldwide (totaling 1.5 million people) in 2023, according to research using IHME's Global Burden of Disease 2023 study data published in The Lancet.
Q&A: Burden of antimicrobial resistance in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region
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 The Lancet Public Health using GBD study data.
Q&A: Sepsis incidence and mortality around the world
In 2021, there were an estimated 166 million sepsis cases and 21.4 million all-cause sepsis-related deaths globally, representing 31.5% of total global deaths.
Q&A: Global burden of headache disorders
Headache disorders, especially migraine and tension-type headache, are among the most common and disabling conditions worldwide
GBD 2023: New findings on global mortality and life expectancy
Despite population growth and aging, the 2023 global age-standardized mortality rate declined 67% since 1950
Q&A: Global burden of cancer and forecasts to 2025
Cancer was estimated to be the second-leading cause of death globally in 2023 with cancer deaths expected to rise to over 18 million in 2050, according to new research published in The Lancet.
Q&A: Cardiovascular diseases caused 1 in 3 global deaths in 2023
Learn more from lead author, Dr. Greg Roth.
Q&A: The impact of low bone mineral density
Low bone mineral density (BMD) is not one of the well-known risk factors to health, but it has a particular effect on bones—weaker and more vulnerable to fracture.
Q&A: Nearly half of people with diabetes don't realize they have the disease
Lauryn Stafford, first author and researcher at IHME, presents findings from a new study that analyzed the diabetes care cascade
Q&A: Which US counties deliver the best—and worst—health care?
New research from IHME evaluates health care systems across 3,110 US counties to understand which are performing the best and which are not.
Q&A: Global prevalence of kidney failure with replacement therapy
This new study published in The Lancet Global Health provides the first global, regional, and national estimates of kidney failure with replacement therapy (KFRT)
Financing Global Health 2025, Q&A with Dr. Angela Apeagyei
Lead author Dr. Angela Apeagyei, Assistant Professor at IHME, presents FGH 2025 findings in this Q&A video.