Christopher J L Murray

TL;DR: A suite of demographic methods that estimate the fraction of deaths registered and counted by civil registration systems are evaluated, and three variants are identified that generally perform the best.

TL;DR: Improved global health monitoring requires new technologies and methods, strengthened national capacity, norms and standards, and gold standard global reporting.

TL;DR: The evolution of ten key dimensions of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study are traced, which, in their view as the two founders of the GBD, have had an important role in increasing the utility, relevance, and integration of theGBD findings in national and global health policy debates, and highlight what the authors see as some of the principal challenges for the future.

TL;DR: Quantifying the health risks of sex and reproduction -implications of alternative definitions, Christopher J.L. Murray and Alan D. Lopez sexually transmitted diseases, Jane Rowley and Seth Berkley maternal mortality overview, Carla Abou Zahr antepartum and postpartum haemorrhage.

TL;DR: The report's findings highlight the growth in road deaths and injuries globally, and their substantial impacts on maternal and child health, despite sustained reductions over the last three to four decades in high-income countries.