Executive summary Rapid demographic, sociocultural, and economic transitions are driving
increases in the risk and prevalence of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases …

Summary The Global Diabetes Compact is a WHO-driven initiative uniting stakeholders
around goals of reducing diabetes risk and ensuring that people with diabetes have …

OBJECTIVE Despite the importance of diabetes for global health, the future economic
consequences of the disease remain opaque. We forecast the full global costs of diabetes in …

Background Differences in methods and data used in past studies have limited comparisons
of the cost of illness of diabetes across countries. We estimate the full global economic …

Background Evidence from nationally representative studies in low-income and middle-
income countries (LMICs) on where in the hypertension care continuum patients are lost to …

Importance Understanding how diabetes and hypertension prevalence varies within a
country as large as India is essential for targeting of prevention, screening, and treatment …

Background Approximately 80% of the 463 million adults worldwide with diabetes live in low-
income and middle-income countries (LMICs). A major obstacle to designing evidence …

Background The prevalence of diabetes is increasing rapidly in low-and middle-income
countries (LMICs), urgently requiring detailed evidence to guide the response of health …

Background In recent years, there has been growing awareness of the significant burden of
Chagas disease in the United States (US). However, epidemiological data on both …

Importance The World Health Organization is developing a global strategy to eliminate
cervical cancer, with goals for screening prevalence among women aged 30 through 49 …