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Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990–2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (2018)
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Daryani, A., Dandona, R., Dandona, L., Crowe, C. S., Cooper, C., Chang, J. C., …Murray, C. J. L. (2019). Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990–2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet Neurology, 18(1), 56-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422%2818%2930415-0

© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) are increasingly recognised as global health priorities in view of the p... Read More about Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990–2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2018)
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Banstola, A. (2018). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet, 392(10159), 1684-1735. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2931891-9

Background: Assessments of age-specifc mortality and life expectancy have been done by the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Afairs (UNPOP), the United States Census Bureau, WHO, and as part of previous iterations of the Glob... Read More about Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2018)
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Banstola, A. (2018). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet, 392(10159), 1789-1858. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2818%2932279-7

Background: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 (GBD 2017) includes a comprehensive assessment of incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) for 354 causes in 195 countries and territories from 1990... Read More about Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (2018)
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Albittar, M. I., Fullman, N., Yearwood, J., Abay, S. M., Abbafati, C., Abd-Allah, F., …Beghi, E. (2018). Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet, 391(10136), 2236-2271. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2930994-2

Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. Background A key component of achieving universal health coverage is ensuring that all populations have access to quality health care. Examining where gains have occurred or progress has falt... Read More about Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.

Trends in future health financing and coverage: future health spending and universal health coverage in 188 countries, 2016–40 (2018)
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Banstola, A. (2018). Trends in future health financing and coverage: future health spending and universal health coverage in 188 countries, 2016–40. Lancet, 391(10132), 1783-1798. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2818%2930697-4

Background: Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires health financing systems that provide prepaid pooled resources for key health services without placing undue financial stress on households. Understanding current and future trajectories... Read More about Trends in future health financing and coverage: future health spending and universal health coverage in 188 countries, 2016–40.

Spending on health and HIV/AIDS: Domestic health spending and development assistance in 188 countries, 1995–2015 (2018)
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Dieleman, J. L., Haakenstad, A., Micah, A., Moses, M., Abbafati, C., Acharya, P., …Murray, C. J. L. (2018). Spending on health and HIV/AIDS: Domestic health spending and development assistance in 188 countries, 1995–2015. Lancet, 391(10132), 1799-1829. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2930698-6

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license Background: Comparable estimates of health spending are crucial for the assessment of health systems and to optimally deploy health resources.... Read More about Spending on health and HIV/AIDS: Domestic health spending and development assistance in 188 countries, 1995–2015.

Cost-effectiveness of interventions to prevent road traffic injuries in low- and middle-income countries: A literature review (2016)
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Banstola, A., & Mytton, J. (2017). Cost-effectiveness of interventions to prevent road traffic injuries in low- and middle-income countries: A literature review. Traffic Injury Prevention, 18(4), 357-362. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2016.1212165

© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Objective: The objective of this study was to identify, critically appraise, summarize, and synthesize evidence from cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) of interventions aimed at preventing road traffic injuries (... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of interventions to prevent road traffic injuries in low- and middle-income countries: A literature review.

Diabetes prevention and management in South Asia (2016)
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Regmi, P., Kurmi, O. P., Aryal, N., Pant, P. R., Banstola, A., Alloh, F., & van Teijlingen, E. (in press). Diabetes prevention and management in South Asia

Background: Globally, the number of people living with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has increased four-fold since 1980. South Asia houses one-fifth of the world’s population living with diabetes, and it was the 8th leading cause of deaths in 2013 for South... Read More about Diabetes prevention and management in South Asia.

Perceptions about the health impact of climate change in a rural Nepalese community: A cross-sectional study (2015)
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Banstola, A., Chhetri, M. R., Stebbing, M., & Banstola, A. (2015). Perceptions about the health impact of climate change in a rural Nepalese community: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Disease and Global Health, 2(3), 81-93

Background: The populations most vulnerable to climate change in Nepal are the poor living on the banks of rivers and in remote areas. Because rural communities closely observe local climatic patterns their perceptions of climate change and the assoc... Read More about Perceptions about the health impact of climate change in a rural Nepalese community: A cross-sectional study.

Knowledge related to climate change and willingness to act for adaptation and mitigation practices in rural Nepal (2013)
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Banstola, A., Chhetri, M., Schneider, R., Stebbing, M., & Banstola, A. (2013). Knowledge related to climate change and willingness to act for adaptation and mitigation practices in rural Nepal. Vietnam Journal of Public Health, 1(1),

This descriptive analysis sought to test Leiserowitz 2007 findings. Leiserowitz 2007 findings claimed that until people gained a general understanding of climate change or it was commonly discussed as a part of everyday discourse, people would percei... Read More about Knowledge related to climate change and willingness to act for adaptation and mitigation practices in rural Nepal.