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Stephen S Lim

Researcher at Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Publications -  246
Citations -  156171

Stephen S Lim is an academic researcher from Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Mortality rate. The author has an hindex of 99, co-authored 219 publications receiving 117059 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephen S Lim include Monash University & Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

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Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Nicholas J Kassebaum, +539 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors quantify maternal mortality throughout the world by underlying cause and age from 1990 to 2015, and assess the progress toward reducing maternal mortality to identify areas of success, remaining challenges, and frame policy discussions.
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Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Strategies for Maternal and Neonatal Health in Developing Countries.

Taghreed Adam, +7 more
- 10 Nov 2005 - 
TL;DR: Preventive interventions at the community level for newborn babies and at the primary care level for mothers and newborn babies are extremely cost effective, but the millennium development goals for maternal and child health will not be achieved without universal access to clinical services as well.
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Prevention of cardiovascular disease in high-risk individuals in low-income and middle-income countries: health effects and costs

Stephen S Lim, +8 more
- 15 Dec 2007 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors aimed to estimate the number of deaths that could be averted and the financial cost of scaling up, above current coverage levels, a multidrug regimen for prevention of cardiovascular disease (a statin, aspirin, and two blood-pressure-lowering medicines) in 23 countries.
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The increasing burden of diabetes and variations among the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2016

Nikhil Tandon, +60 more
- 01 Dec 2018 - 
TL;DR: The increase in health loss from diabetes since 1990 in India is the highest among major non-communicable diseases and the relative rate of increase highest in several less developed low ETL states, and policy action is needed urgently to control this potentially explosive public health situation.
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The changing patterns of cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016

Dorairaj Prabhakaran, +66 more
- 01 Dec 2018 - 
TL;DR: The increasing prevalence and that of several major risk factors in every part of India, especially the highest increase in the prevalence of ischaemic heart disease in the less developed low ETL states, indicates the need for urgent policy and health system response appropriate for the situation in each state.