scispace - formally typeset
S

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.

Papers
More filters

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: Quantifying the epidemiological transition

Christopher J L Murray, +611 more
TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable comparisons of health loss over time and across causes, age-sex groups, and countries as discussed by the authors.
Journal Article

Cost effectiveness of strategies to combat cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and tobacco use in sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia

TL;DR: A set of population-wide and individual strategies for prevention and control of cardiovascular disease that are inexpensive and cost effective in low resource settings are identified.
Journal ArticleDOI

Determinants of effective vaccine coverage in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and interpretive synthesis

TL;DR: This study presents a conceptual framework with three principal vaccine utilization determinants: 1) Intent to Vaccinate, 2) Community Access and 3) Health Facility Readiness, which is applicable in low and middle-income countries, and is quantitatively testable.
Journal ArticleDOI

Burden of musculoskeletal disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2013: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, +104 more
TL;DR: This study shows a high burden of musculoskeletal disorders, with a faster increase in EMR compared with the rest of the world, and calls for incorporating prevention and control programmes that should include improving health data, addressing risk factors, providing evidence-based care and community programmes to increase awareness.