Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

AH Mokdad; MH Forouzanfar; F Daoud; C El Bcheraoui; M Moradi-Lakeh; I Khalil; A Afshin; M Tuffaha; R Charara; RM Barber; J Wagner; K Cercy; H Kravitz; MM Coates; M Robinson; K Estep; C Steiner; S Jaber; AA Mokdad; KF O'Rourke; A Chew; P Kim; MMA El Razek; S Abdalla; F Abd-Allah; JP Abraham; LJ Abu-Raddad; NME Abu-Rmeileh; AA Al-Nehmi; AS Akanda; H Al Ahmadi; MJ Al Khabouri; FH Al Lami; ZA Al Rayess; D Alasfoor; FS AlBuhairan; SF Aldhahri; S Alghnam; S Alhabib; N Al-Hamad; R Ali; SD Ali; M Alkhateeb; MA AlMazroa; MA Alomari; R Al-Raddadi; U Alsharif; N Al-Sheyab; S Alsowaidi; M Al-Thani; KA Altirkawi; AT Amare; H Amini; W Ammar; P Anwari; H Asayesh; R Asghar; AM Assabri; R Assadi; U Bacha; A Badawi; T Bakfalouni; MO Basulaiman; S Bazargan-Hejazi; N Bedi; AR Bhakta; ZA Bhutta; AA Bin Abdulhak; S Boufous; RRA Bourne; H Danawi; J Das; A Deribew; EL Ding; AM Durrani; Y Elshrek; ME Ibrahim; B Eshrati; A Esteghamati; IAD Faghmous; F Farzadfar; AB Feigl; SM Fereshtehnejad; I Filip; F Fischer; FG Gankpé; I Ginawi; MD Gishu; R Gupta; RM Habash; N Hafezi-Nejad; RR Hamadeh; H Hamdouni; S Hamidi; HL Harb; MS Hassanvand; MT Hedayati; P Heydarpour; M Hsairi; A Husseini

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Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

AH Mokdad, MH Forouzanfar, F Daoud, C El Bcheraoui, M Moradi-Lakeh, I Khalil, A Afshin, M Tuffaha, R Charara, RM Barber, J Wagner, K Cercy, H Kravitz, MM Coates, M Robinson, K Estep, C Steiner, S Jaber, AA Mokdad, KF O'Rourke Show all

Lancet Global Health | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30168-1

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Abstract

Background The eastern Mediterranean region is comprised of 22 countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Since our Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010), the region has faced unrest as a result of revolutions, wars, and the so-called Arab uprisings. The objective of this study was to present the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in the eastern Mediterranean region as of 2013. Methods GBD 2013 includes an annual assessment covering 188 countries from 1990 to 2013. The study covers 306 diseases an..

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