non-communicable disease (ncd) accounts for a large and increasing burden of disease worldwide. it is currently estimated that ncds accounts for approximately 59% of global deaths and 43% of the global disease burden; this is projected to increase to 73% of deaths and 60% of disease burden by 2020. 1 in comparison, ncds in low- and middle-income populations accounts for 78% of the global ncd bu...

in september 2015, the international community came together to agree on the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, a plan of action for people, the planet, and prosperity. ambitious and far-reaching as they are, they are built on three keystones: the elimination of extreme poverty, fighting climate change, and a commitment to fighting injustice and inequality. critical to the achievement of ...

the editorial by jeremy shiffman, “knowledge, moral claims and the exercise of power in global health”, highlights the influence on global health priority-setting of individuals and organizations that do not have a formal political mandate. this sheds light on the way key functions in global health depend on private funding, particularly from the bill & melinda gates foundation.

one of the most important summary measures of population health, is disability adjusted life years (daly), introduced for the first time in the project of global burden of disease (gbd), that is the newest as well as the most accepted and familial summary measure of health and the burden of diseases has been measured by this measure at national and regional levels in many countries of the world...

iran has had incremental incidence of traffic accident mortality since introduction of mechanization about a century ago. but the newest data from iran show decrease in the absolute number of deaths, death per 10,000 vehicles and death per 100, 000 populations. despite its huge impact on health and economy, research in the field of traffic crashes is still scant and there are still deficiencies...

All people need food. Unsafe foods; however, may cause diseases ranging from diarrhea to cancer. Chemicals in food are a worldwide health concern. In 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) organized a consultation on the global burden of foodborne diseases. Work to estimate this burden began in 2007 and was carried out by the WHO Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG), ...