Global Leadership Series: Global Burden of Disease

Event Details

Date:

Thursday, 14 June 2012

Time:

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Location:

Embassy of Massachusetts, 1601 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, WASHINGTON DC USA

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Full Description:: This is a non-technical presentation for a broad audience. The fascinating forum will give you new insights into thepatterns of disease and injury in populations and how these are changing.
In 2007 Professor Alan Lopez and Professor Christopher Murray began what was to become a five-year study to research and compare worldwide injury, disease and risks for the years 2007-2012, called the 'Overview of the Burden of Global Disease study'.
The global burden of disease measures the combination of years of life lost due to the premature mortality and years of life lost due to time lived in states of less than full health.
The result is the largest ever review of historical and emerging trends in disease origin, development and spread, and the leading risk factors that contribute to the global burden of disease.
During this Global Leadership session, Professors Lopez and Murray will present the preliminary results of their study, focusing on disease burden among children and adults, the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, the leading regional risk factors to health and the key changes in global disease trends that have important and immediate consequences for global health development strategies.