Abstract

Disease burden in Brazil and its states. Estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

Highlights

  • To guarantee the well-being of the population of a country, it is necessary to understand the magnitude and distribution of the main health problems

  • Since 2014, the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD)-Brasil Network has been analyzing morbidity-mortality in Brazil and its states, thanks to collaboration between the Ministry of Health and the international initiative of the GBD Study powered by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) of the University of Washington[2]

  • In addition to inform the estimates to policymakers, the GBDBrasil Network collaborators have the mission of spreading this initiative into the academic realm

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Summary

Introduction

To guarantee the well-being of the population of a country, it is necessary to understand the magnitude and distribution of the main health problems. Since 2014, the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD)-Brasil Network has been analyzing morbidity-mortality in Brazil and its states, thanks to collaboration between the Ministry of Health and the international initiative of the GBD Study powered by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) of the University of Washington[2].

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