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Read what major media outlets are saying about our work.Bill Gates: I’m Still Optimistic About Global Health
To save as many children as possible, I'm urging leaders to increase health funding. But say they simply sustained current levels. What would happen? Our foundation worked with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington to find out—and the results were more hopeful than I expected.
Q&A: Global kidney failure prevalence tripled since 1990
Worldwide prevalence of kidney failure requiring dialysis nearly tripled since 1990 to reach 4.6 million cases in 2023, according to results of the Global Burden of Disease study 2023.
Nearly half of people with diabetes don’t know they have it, new study finds
Forty-four percent of people age 15 and older living with diabetes are undiagnosed, so they don’t know they have it, according to data analysis published Monday in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
Millions of people with diabetes do not know they have it. What are the signs?
People with diabetes were most likely to be diagnosed in high-income North America, and most likely to be treated in high-income Asia Pacific.
Almost half of those with diabetes don’t know they have it. Are you one of them?
Researchers found 44 percent of people aged 15 and older with the chronic disease are undiagnosed, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.
Kidney Failure Cases Rising Globally, US Ranks High
In 2023, the estimated number of global cases of kidney failure requiring replacement therapy was 4.59 million.
What Falling Global Birth Rates Really Mean for the Future
Steep population declines in most countries are expected to have negative effects over the next several generations, but adaptation is possible
Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say
“Current disease surveillance systems are rarely sufficient to manage dengue, as evidenced by the continual growth of dengue in the region, and more generally globally,” said Dr Bobby Reiner, disease ecologist at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.
U.S. Aid Cuts Could Trigger Global Health Setbacks
The United States slashed its global health funding by at least 67 percent in 2025 compared to last year, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
15-Year Long Stagnant Life Expectancy Trend In U.S. Continues
Over the next 25 years, life expectancy in the U.S. is projected to rise by approximately two years—far less than in other wealthy, industrialized nations, according to a study published in The Lancet and carried out by IHME.
Superbugs could kill millions more and cost $2tn a year by 2050, models show
According to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, deaths from AMR are expected to increase 60% by 2050.
Smarter Health Outlay May Add Years to US Lifespans, Study Says
Americans could gain more than six years of healthy life if the US made better use of its world-leading health spending.
Global Health Aid Sinks To 15-year Low In ‘Era Of Austerity’
Money that provides health care to some of the poorest and most in-need people across the world has been dramatically slashed this year.
Global health aid sinks to 15-year low in ‘era of austerity’
Sweeping foreign aid cuts led by the United States will cause international health funding to plummet to the lowest level in 15 years, a study said Wednesday.
Experts Say There’s No Safe Amount of Processed Meat
A new study finds that eating even a little processed meat, drinking soda or consuming trans fats puts you at risk for serious health problems.