Publications

GBD 2021 Nervous System Disorders Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Neurology, 2024.

GBD 2021 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators. Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 2024.

GBD 2021 Causes of Death Collaborators. Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 2024.

WM Gardner, GBD 2021 Anaemia Collaborators, NJ Kassebaum. Prevalence, years lived with disability, and trends in anaemia burden by severity and cause, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Haematology, 2023.

GBD 2021 Sickle Cell Disease Collaborators. Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Haematology, 2023.

GBD 2019 Healthcare Access and Quality Collaborators. Assessing performance of the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, overall and by select age groups, for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Global Health, 2022.

GBD 2019 LRI Collaborators. 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. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2022.

BP Gonçalves, SR Procter, P Paul, J Chandna, A Lewin, F Seedat, A Koukounari, Z Dangor, S Leahy, S Santhanam, HB John, J Bramugy, A Bardají, A Abubakar, C Nasambu, R Libster, C Yanotti, E Horváth-Puhó, HT Sørensen, D van de Beek, MW Bijlsma, WM Gardner, NJ Kassebaum, C Trotter, Q Bassat, SA Madhi, P Lambach, M Jit, JE Lawn. Group B streptococcus infection during pregnancy and infancy: estimates of regional and global burden. The Lancet Global Health, 2022.

R Fitzgerald, H Manguerra, MB Arndt, WM Gardner, Y Chang, B Zigler, HJ Taylor, K Bienhoff, DL Smith, CJL Murray, SI Hay, RC Reiner, NJ Kassebaum. Current dichotomous metrics obscure trends in severe and extreme child growth failure. Science Advances, 2022.

GBD 2019 Under-5 Mortality Collaborators. Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 2021.

Local Burden of Disease Exclusive Breastfeeding Collaborators. Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000–2018. Nature Human Behaviour, 2021.

GBD 2019 Universal Health Coverage Collaborators. Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 2020.

GBD 2019 Risk Factors Collaborators. Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 2020.

GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 2020.

GBD 2019 Viewpoint Collaborators. Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 2020.

WM Gardner, NJ Kassebaum. Global, Regional, and National Prevalence of Anemia and Its Causes in 204 Countries and Territories, 1990–2019. Current Developments in Nutrition, 2020.

WM Gardner, NJ Kassebaum. Global, Regional, and National Prevalence and Trends in Infant Breastfeeding Status in 204 Countries and Territories, 1990–2019. Current Developments in Nutrition, 2020.

India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Child Mortality Collaborators. Subnational mapping of under-5 and neonatal mortality trends in India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000–17. The Lancet, 2020.

GBD 2017 Lower Respiratory Infections Collaborators. Quantifying risks and interventions that have affected the burden of lower respiratory infections among children younger than 5 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2020.

GBD 2017 Diarrhoeal Disease Collaborators. Quantifying risks and interventions that have affected the burden of diarrhoea among children younger than 5 years: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2020.

India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Malnutrition Collaborators. The burden of child and maternal malnutrition and trends in its indicators in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2017. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 2019.

NV Bhattacharjee, LE Schaeffer, LB Marczak, JM Ross, SJ Swartz, J Albright, WM Gardner, C Shields, A Sligar, MF Schipp, BV Pickering, NJ Henry, KB Johnson, C Louie, MA Cork, KM Steuben, A Lazzar-Atwood, D Lu, DK Kinyoki, A Osgood-Zimmerman, L Earl, JF Mosser, A Deshpande, R Burstein, LP Woyczynski, KF Wilson, JD VanderHeide, KE Wiens, RC Reiner, EG Piwoz, R Rawat, B Sartorius, ND Weaver, MR Nixon, DL Smith, NJ Kassebaum, E Gakidou, SS Lim, AH Mokdad, CJL Murray, L Dwyer-Lindgren, SI Hay. Mapping exclusive breastfeeding in Africa between 2000 and 2017. Nature Medicine, 2019.

GBD 2017 SDG Collaborators. Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 2018.

GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 2018.

GBD 2017 DALYs and HALE Collaborators. Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 2018.

GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 2018.

GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 2018.