• Age–sex differences in the global burden of lower respiratory infections and risk factors, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe; Vongpradith, Avina; Kisa, Adnan; Sirota, Sarah Brooke; Novotney, Amanda; Troeger, Christopher E; Kisa, Sezer; Doxey, Matthew C; Bender, Rose G; Ledesma, Jorge R; Biehl, Molly H; LRI Collaborators, GBD 2019 (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Summary Background The global burden of lower respiratory infections (LRIs) and corresponding risk factors in children older than 5 years and adults has not been studied as comprehensively as it has been in children ...
    • Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis and its aetiologies, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Wunrow, Han Yong; Bender, Rose G; Meningitis Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators, GBD 2019; Vongpradith, Avina; Sirota, Sarah Brooke ; Swetschinski, Lucien R; Novotney, Amanda ; Gray, Authia P ; Ikuta, Kevin S ; Sharara, Fablina ; Wool, Eve E ; Aali, Amirali ; Abd-Elsalam, Sherief ; Abdollahi, Ashkan ; Aziz, Jeza Muhamad Abdul; Abidi, Hassan ; Aboagye, Richard Gyan; Abolhassani, Hassan ; Abu-Gharbieh, Eman; Adamu, Lawan Hassan ; Adane, Tigist Demssew; Addo, Isaac Yeboah ; Adegboye, Oyelola A ; Adekiya, Tayo Alex; Adnan, Mohammad ; Adnani, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah ; Afzal, Saira ; Aghamiri, Shahin; Aghdam, Zahra Babaei; Agodi, Antonella ; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku ; Ahmad, Aqeel; Ahmad, Sajjad ; Ahmadzade, Mohadese ; Ahmed, Ali; Ahmed, Ayman ; Ahmed, Jivan Qasim ; Ahmed, Meqdad Saleh ; Akinosoglou, Karolina ; Aklilu, Addis ; Akonde, Maxwell ; Alahdab, Fares; AL-Ahdal, Tareq Mohammed Ali ; Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour ; Albelbeisi, Ahmed Hassan; Alemayehu, Tsegaye Begashaw B ; Alene, Kefyalew Addis ; Al-Eyadhy, Ayman ; Al-Gheethi, Adel Ali Saeed ; Ali, Abid ; Ali, Beriwan Abdulqadir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Although meningitis is largely preventable, it still causes hundreds of thousands of deaths globally each year. WHO set ambitious goals to reduce meningitis cases by 2030, and assessing trends in the global ...
    • Global, regional, and national sex differences in the global burden of tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Ledesma, Jorge R; Ma, Jianing; Vongpradith, Avina; Maddison, Emilie R.; Biehl, Molly H; LeGrand, Kate E.; Kisa, Adnan; Ross, Jennifer M.; Jahagirdar, Deepa; Kisa, Sezer; Bryazka, Dana; Feldman, Rachel; Murray, Christopher J L; Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe; Tuberculosis Collaborators, GBD 2019 (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Tuberculosis is a major contributor to the global burden of disease, causing more than a million deaths annually. Given an emphasis on equity in access to diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in global health targets, ...