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Read what major media outlets are saying about our work.Familiares y amigos cargan con el verdadero costo de la demencia: 224,000 mdd en cuidados no remunerados
Los estudios sobre el costo de las enfermedades suelen incluir el valor monetario del cuidado no remunerado, al que los economistas llaman costo indirecto.
Millions of children are missing out on routine jabs. Why aren’t they getting vaccinated?
Millions of children are skipping routine vaccinations, and the downward trend could continue in the coming years, according to a new global study.
Millions of children at risk from stalling global vaccinations, study says
The study noted persisting outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, including the US measles outbreaks this year reaching over 1,000 cases.
Childhood vaccines were a global success story. Misinformation and other obstacles are slowing that progress, a study shows
This backslide could lead to many more unnecessary illnesses and deaths without an increased effort to vaccinate children and counter misinformation.
Global vaccination efforts stall, leaving millions of children vulnerable to preventable diseases
Efforts to vaccinate children globally have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to tetanus, polio, tuberculosis and other diseases that can be easily prevented.
Millions of children at risk as vaccine uptake stalls
Progress in vaccinating children against a variety of life-threatening diseases has stalled in the past two decades - and even gone backwards in some countries - a new global study suggests.
The good news (154 million deaths avoided) and bad news about childhood vaccines
The researchers found that, since 2010, efforts to boost vaccination rates have stalled or reversed in many places.
La vacunación infantil se estanca en una veintena de países ricos y resurgen graves enfermedades
Un estudio publicado en ‘The Lancet’ alerta de que la cobertura vacunal mundial se ha atascado o, incluso, empeora.
Millions of children at risk as global vaccine rates fall, study finds
Millions of children worldwide are at risk of lethal diseases because vaccine coverage has stalled or reversed amid persistent health inequalities and soaring levels of misinformation and hesitancy, the largest study of its kind has found.
Family and friends shoulder the real cost of dementia − $224B in unpaid care
Amy Lastuka, Lead Research Scientist at IHME, and her colleagues aimed to understand the value of unpaid care for families and communities supporting those with dementia.
Mental disorder leading cause of poor health, death among 10- to 14-year-olds in Singapore: Study
Mental disorder is the leading cause of poor health, disability or death in Singapore among youngsters aged between 10 and 14. Numbers suggest over one in four are affected.
Southeast Asia Sees Near 150% Rise in Heart Disease, Study Shows
A total 37 million people in the [ASEAN] region suffered from cardiovascular disease in 2021 and 1.7 million died from it.
Half a billion young people will be obese or overweight by 2030, report finds
Health of adolescents worldwide has reached a ‘tipping point’, authors of Lancet commission analysis warn
Nearly half of sexual abuse first happens at age 15 or younger: Lancet study
Nearly one in five women (18.9 per cent) and one in seven men (14.8 per cent) globally experienced sexual violence before the age of 18 years.
Fifth of girls and one in seven boys sexually assaulted globally, says study
Analysis published in The Lancet finds that more than half of all people who have experienced sexual violence did so before the age of 18.