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Cardiovascular disease mortality based on verbal autopsy in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
CONCLUSION: The burden of cardiovascular disease deaths outside health-care settings in low- and middle-income countries is substantial. Increasing coverage of verbal autopsies in these countries could help fill gaps in cardiovascular disease mortality data and improve monitoring of national, regional and global health goals.PMID:37638359 | PMC:PMC10452938 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.23.289802
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - August 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ajay Acharya Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury Zulfikar Ihyauddin Pasyodun Koralage Buddhika Mahesh Tim Adair Source Type: research

Modelling the impact of a tax on sweetened beverages in the Philippines: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis.
Conclusion: The new sweetened beverage tax may help to reduce obesity-related premature deaths and improve financial well-being in the Philippines. PMID: 30728616 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - February 1, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Saxena A, Koon AD, Lagrada-Rombaua L, Angeles-Agdeppa I, Johns B, Capanzana M Tags: Bull World Health Organ Source Type: research