osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease. in addition to morbidity, osteoporotic fractures also increase mortality risk in affected patients. enough evidence is not available to indicate that, like western countries, osteoporosis is a public health problem in iran. therefore emrc planned to estimate the burden of osteoporotic fractures in year 2001 based on existing sources of dat...

T he publication of the 1990 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) was a seminal moment for international health. 1 In a world characterized by what has been termed a " scandal of ignorance, " 2 where most peoples' existence was never recorded, the authors undertook the heroic task of estimating not only how many people were dying and from what conditions but also how many were living with disability....

BackgroundDespite a substantial reduction in the use of solid fuels worldwide, exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from these for cooking remains leading risk factor global disease burden. Among environmental factors, contribution HAP burden is second only ambient particulate matter pollution. We present updates our modeling methodology as well latest findings on attributable estimates.Me...

background: non-communicable diseases (ncds) annually kill over 35 million people worldwide. they are responsible for nearly two-thirds of the world's deaths. global health is facing a dramatic change. for the first time in human history, more than 80% of ncd-related deaths are in low- and middle-income countries. countries throughout the world are expected to lose significant amounts of nation...