IHME’s Global Health Insights
Episodes
Delivering scientific evidence through the NUS-IHME Global Burden of Disease Research Centre
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The NUS-IHME Global Burden of Disease Research Centre is a new regional hub to serve as a key analytical engine for Southeast Asia and the surrounding...
How health systems and social determinants of health can guide policy
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray and UCLA Chancellor Dr. Julio Frenk discuss The Lancet Commission on Health Systems Performance Assessment and ho...
Global Burden of Disease 2023 is officially released
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is the most comprehensive assessment of health trends and conditions across countries. GBD provides detailed ...
Advocating for access to oral health care in rural Nigeria
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Nigeria, less than 20% of the population has access to oral health care. This reflects a stark reality in many parts of the world--dental health re...
Financing Global Health 2025: Cuts could reverse decades of progress
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Development assistance for health (DAH) is at its lowest level in 15 years. This funding backs health programs around the world and addresses diseases...
Health trends in the ASEAN region
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“We chose these four topics to highlight some of the ongoing and emerging population health challenges faced by the region in recent years,” said ...
Understanding health care spending in the United States
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Health care spending in the US is expected to reach more than $7 trillion by 2031. New research by IHME examines US health care spending by county and...
The growing crisis of obesity in the US
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s an issue across every state and every age group: sharply rising rates of overweight and obesity. The most comprehensive study of current and fu...
Measuring well-being across the US
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Race, gender, and where you live can have a profound impact on your well-being. In a first-of-its kind analysis, new data shows significant disparitie...
Community Health Workers are key to remote global care
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Half the world’s population lacks access to essential health services. Dr. Madeleine Ballard, CEO and co-founder of the Community Health Impact Coal...
AMR is a major threat to global health
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
IHME Director Dr. Chris Murray discusses the latest research from GBD, which provides the most comprehensive impact of AMR to date. The data combines ...
Forecasting the state of world health in 2050
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can we see the future in the present? How will the world be impacted by conditions including diabetes and other non-communicable diseases? How will en...
From air pollution to smoking, which risk factors contribute the most to health loss?
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding the relationship between risk factors and health outcomes is key to improving health and developing evidence-based policy. The latest Gl...
Disparities in disease burden between males and females
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Males and females have unique health concerns that grow over time. Females show higher rates of health loss from conditions including depressive disor...
Why PEPFAR matters, with Dr. Anthony Fauci
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
PEPFAR has saved more than 25 million lives and provides funding for AIDS treatment and education programs across Africa and into Asia and the America...
We are facing a low-fertility future
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The world is facing a low-fertility future. By 2050, more than three-quarters of countries will not have fertility rates high enough to sustain popula...
Introducing GBD 2021
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is the most comprehensive assessment of health trends and conditions across countries. The latest GBD studies...
US maternal mortality
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maternal mortality is a public health crisis in the United States. From 1999 and 2019, US maternal mortality more than doubled, according to a new stu...
Antimicrobial resistance is the biggest threat to the Americas
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new study shows that antimicrobial resistance (AMR)is a significant threat in all 35 countries in the Americas causing 2 distinct problems: a high b...
How well did your country recover from the pandemic?
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Emmanuela Gakidou and Dr. Ali Mokdad discuss the results from our new Pandemic Recovery Survey, showing the health and wellness of 21 countries fo...
Health outlooks for the most common form of arthritis
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About 15% of people over the age of 30 have osteoarthritis. We discuss the implications for population health with IHME researchers Dr. Jaimie Steinme...
Anemia remains stubbornly common for women and children
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new study shows that anemia impacts one in four people around the world, primarily women of childbearing age and children under the age of five. We ...
LGBTQIA+ health care and the role of inclusive data
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In honor of Pride month, IHME's Maja Pasovic sat down with Dr. Shanna Stryker (MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine ...
Diabetes
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
More people are living with diabetes now than ever before, and we expect numbers to continue increasing, with 1.3 billion cases in 2050. We discuss th...
Sickle Cell Disease
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite being considered a “rare” disease, sickle cell affects a huge number of people in some parts of the world, like Africa and South Asia. We ...
Low back pain
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Low back pain is the number one cause of disability in the world. We speak with Professor Manuela Ferreira, Dr. Jaimie Steinmetz, and Dr. Garland Culb...
Chronic Respiratory Disease
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Global Health Insights, we explore the impact of air pollution and smoking on chronic respiratory diseases, particularly for people...
US health disparities by race
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
IHME researchers studying health disparities in the US share the impacts of race and ethnicity on life expectancy, COVID-19 outcomes, and more. Watch ...
COVID resiliency in the US
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Which states fared the best in the fight against COVID? And which political, social, and economic factors had the biggest impact on their outcomes? He...
The challenge of long COVID
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Three years after we first began forecasting the trajectory of the COVID pandemic, we bring together IHME experts to discuss the ongoing effects of CO...
COVID reinfection protection
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Three years after we first began forecasting the trajectory of the COVID pandemic, we bring together IHME experts to discuss the ongoing effects of CO...
Lessons learned from COVID
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Three years after we first began forecasting the trajectory of the COVID pandemic, we bring together IHME experts to discuss the ongoing effects of CO...
COVID's impact on mental health
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Three years after we first began forecasting the trajectory of the COVID pandemic, we bring together IHME experts to discuss the ongoing effects of CO...
Future pandemic preparedness
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Three years after we first began forecasting the trajectory of the COVID pandemic, we bring together IHME experts to discuss the ongoing effects of CO...