The Lancet: Latest global disease estimates, combined with health worker shortfall, show that global progress in health is not inevitable

(The Lancet) Latest global estimates for the state of the world's health from the Global Burden of Disease study (GBD) estimate that: Improvements in global mortality rates were less pronounced overall, and rates stagnated or got worse in some countries in 2017.Globally, fertility rates have declined since 1950. In 91 nations, fertility rates are not high enough to maintain current population, and in 104 nations high fertility rates are driving population increases.
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