BACKGROUND Improving newborn health remains a global health priority. Little however is known about the neurodevelopmental consequences for survivors of complications in pregnancy, labour and the neonatal period in in low-income countries outside of small selective and typically urban facility studies. We ask which antenatal, birth and neonatal factors are associated with disability in childhoo...

BACKGROUND Injury is the major cause of death and suffering among children and adolescents, but awareness of the problem and political commitment for preventive actions remain unacceptably low. We have assessed variation in the burden of injuries in childhood and adolescence in eight European countries. METHODS Hospital, emergency department, and mortality databases of injury patients aged 0-...

OBJECTIVES Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. There are few reports on the burden of disease of MS, worldwide. The authors aim to estimate burden of disease and estimate the epidemiologic indexes of MS in Korea using available epidemiologic data. METHODS Epidemiologic indexes were computed using DISMOD II software based on prevalenc...

OBJECTIVES To describe patterns of alcohol consumption in the Americas, to estimate the burden of disease attributable to alcohol in the year 2000, and to suggest implications for policies to reduce alcohol-related disease burden. METHODS Two dimensions of alcohol exposure were included in this secondary data analysis: average volume of alcohol consumption and patterns of drinking. There were...

background: â maintenance of health and its fair and just promotion in any society is the responsibility and duty of its respective government. appropriate financial allocations and prudent decisions in the health sector requires the definition of an index that would reveal the loss resulting from early deaths of any cause and originate from disabilities due to nonfatal outcomes. the disability...

Objectives Increasing life expectancy and decreasing mortality in patients with HIV infection are well documented. However, details of how many the years healthy damaged by vs. good health have not been understood. We conducted this study to provide a comprehensive assessment levels trends global burden, as measured disability-adjusted (DALYs), infection. Methods Data on HIV-related DALY were o...