Abstract

Headache disorders are third cause of disability worldwide.

Highlights

  • In December 2012, Lancet published the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD2010)

  • Our objective has been to secure among these diseases the rightful inclusion of migraine, tension-type headache (TTH) and medication-overuse headache (MOH): headache disorders that we know cause substantial disability [3]

  • GBD2010 reported TTH as the second most prevalent disorder in the world, and migraine third [2], but despite this TTH added rather little compared with migraine to the global disability burden

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Introduction

In December 2012, Lancet published the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD2010). Our objective has been to secure among these diseases the rightful inclusion of migraine, tension-type headache (TTH) and MOH: headache disorders that we know cause substantial disability [3]. The Global Campaign against Headache was launched in 2003 with a clear ultimate purpose: to reduce the burden of headache worldwide [7].

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