Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: An analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

N Fullman; RM Barber; AA Abajobir; KH Abate; C Abbafati; KM Abbas; F Abd-Allah; AM Abdulle; SF Abera; V Aboyans; LJ Abu-Raddad; NME Abu-Rmeileh; IA Adedeji; O Adetokunboh; A Afshin; A Agrawal; S Agrawal; AA Kiadaliri; H Ahmadieh; MB Ahmed; AN Aichour; I Aichour; MTE Aichour; S Aiyar; RO Akinyemi; N Akseer; Z Al-Aly; K Alam; N Alam; D Alasfoor; KA Alene; R Alizadeh-Navaei; A Alkerwi; F Alla; P Allebeck; C Allen; R Al-Raddadi; U Alsharif; KA Altirkawi; N Alvis-Guzman; AT Amare; E Amini; W Ammar; CAT Antonio; H Ansari; P Anwari; M Arora; A Artaman; KK Aryal; H Asayesh; SW Asgedom; R Assadi; TM Atey; SR Atre; L Avila-Burgos; EFG Arthur Avokpaho; A Awasthi; P Azzopardi; U Bacha; A Badawi; K Balakrishnan; MS Bannick; A Barac; SL Barker-Collo; T Bärnighausen; LH Barrero; S Basu; KE Battle; BT Baune; J Beardsley; N Bedi; E Beghi; Y Béjot; ML Bell; DA Bennett; JR Bennett; IM Bensenor; A Berhane; DF Berhe; E Bernabé; BD Betsu; M Beuran; AS Beyene; N Bhala; A Bhansali; S Bhatt; ZA Bhutta; B Bikbov; AI Bilal; C Birungi; S Biryukov; HM Bizuayehu; CD Blosser; DJ Boneya; D Bose; IR Bou-Orm; M Brauer; NJK Breitborde; TS Brugha; LNB Bulto

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Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: An analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

N Fullman, RM Barber, AA Abajobir, KH Abate, C Abbafati, KM Abbas, F Abd-Allah, AM Abdulle, SF Abera, V Aboyans, LJ Abu-Raddad, NME Abu-Rmeileh, IA Adedeji, O Adetokunboh, A Afshin, A Agrawal, S Agrawal, AA Kiadaliri, H Ahmadieh, MB Ahmed Show all

Lancet | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32336-X

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Abstract

Background: The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are grounded in the global ambition of "leaving no one behind". Understanding today's gains and gaps for the health-related SDGs is essential for decision makers as they aim to improve the health of populations. As part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016), we measured 37 of the 50 health-related SDG indicators over the period 1990-2016 for 188 countries, and then on the basis of these past trends, we projected indicators to 2030. Methods: We used standardised GBD 2016 methods to measure 37 health-related indicators from 1990 to 2016, an increase of four indicators since GBD 2015. We subst..

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