W orldwide, nearly 1.2 million people are killed in road traffic crashes every year and about 20 million to 50 million more are injured or disabled. These injuries account for 2.1% of global mortality and 2.6% of all disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) lost. Low income and middle income countries account for about 85% of the deaths and 90% of the DALYs lost annually as a result of road traff...

CDC monitors progress on selected national human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention and care objectives using surveillance data (1) and has released two HIV care continuums for 2014: a diagnosis-based continuum and a prevalence-based continuum (2,3). A diagnosis-based HIV continuum monitors key steps needed for a person living with diagnosed HIV infection to reach viral suppression, which ...

www.thelancet.com Vol 379 February 4, 2012 411 other industry, our member companies support initiatives to address the global non-communicable disease (NCD) problem and commend the UN for bringing global attention to this issue, particularly in developing countries. In 2008, IFBA made fi ve specifi c commitments to WHO regarding product composition and availability; marketing and advertising to...