Published in BMJ on November 06, 2004
Estimating the global clinical burden of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 2007. PLoS Med (2010) 7.22
The malaria Atlas Project: developing global maps of malaria risk. PLoS Med (2006) 5.51
Prospective study of one million deaths in India: rationale, design, and validation results. PLoS Med (2005) 5.05
Improving imperfect data from health management information systems in Africa using space-time geostatistics. PLoS Med (2006) 3.53
An immeasurable crisis? A criticism of the millennium development goals and why they cannot be measured. PLoS Med (2005) 2.59
The burden of human African trypanosomiasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 2.53
Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet (2016) 2.35
The effects of spatial population dataset choice on estimates of population at risk of disease. Popul Health Metr (2011) 1.69
Mapping populations at risk: improving spatial demographic data for infectious disease modeling and metric derivation. Popul Health Metr (2012) 1.62
WHO and global health monitoring: the way forward. PLoS Med (2010) 1.58
Information for decision making from imperfect national data: tracking major changes in health care use in Kenya using geostatistics. BMC Med (2007) 1.52
Developing geostatistical space-time models to predict outpatient treatment burdens from incomplete national data. Geogr Anal (2008) 1.37
Production and analysis of health indicators: the role of academia. PLoS Med (2010) 1.32
Essential health information available for India in the public domain on the internet. BMC Public Health (2009) 1.30
Adaptation of a probabilistic method (InterVA) of verbal autopsy to improve the interpretation of cause of stillbirth and neonatal death in Malawi, Nepal, and Zimbabwe. Popul Health Metr (2011) 1.27
The evolution of the Global Burden of Disease framework for disease, injury and risk factor quantification: developing the evidence base for national, regional and global public health action. Global Health (2005) 1.25
A local space-time kriging approach applied to a national outpatient malaria dataset. Comput Geosci (2007) 1.22
Predicting the unmet need for biologically targeted coverage of insecticide-treated nets in Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2010) 1.00
Estimation of malaria incidence in northern Namibia in 2009 using Bayesian conditional-autoregressive spatial-temporal models. Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol (2013) 0.97
Comparing methods of estimating the global morbidity burden from Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2006) 0.88
Monitoring global health: bottom up approach is more likely to be successful. BMJ (2005) 0.87
Indicators for Universal Health Coverage: can Kenya comply with the proposed post-2015 monitoring recommendations? Int J Equity Health (2014) 0.86
Monitoring global health: WHO has mandate and expertise. BMJ (2005) 0.86
The Global Role of the World Health Organization. Glob Health Gov (2009) 0.86
Treatment-seeking rates in malaria endemic countries. Malar J (2016) 0.85
Data-driven exploration of 'spatial pattern-time process-driving forces' associations of SARS epidemic in Beijing, China. J Public Health (Oxf) (2008) 0.84
The cost-effectiveness of increasing alcohol taxes: a modelling study. BMC Med (2008) 0.83
Advances in mapping malaria for elimination: fine resolution modelling of Plasmodium falciparum incidence. Sci Rep (2016) 0.82
Repository on maternal child health: health portal to improve access to information on maternal child health in India. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.82
International Classification of Diseases 10th edition-based disability adjusted life years for measuring of burden of specific injury. Clin Exp Emerg Med (2016) 0.75
Monitoring global health: Cochrane Collaboration in developing world could be an answer. BMJ (2005) 0.75
Knowledge for better health. BMJ (2004) 0.75
Monitoring global health: problems are primarily national. BMJ (2005) 0.75
Challenges in designing, conducting, and reporting oral health behavioral intervention studies in primary school age children: methodological issues. Pragmat Obs Res (2014) 0.75
The growing burden of tuberculosis: global trends and interactions with the HIV epidemic. Arch Intern Med (2003) 24.99
Evidence-based health policy--lessons from the Global Burden of Disease Study. Science (1996) 13.50
Public health. Grand Challenges in Global Health. Science (2003) 7.91
Hot spots in a wired world: WHO surveillance of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. Lancet Infect Dis (2001) 5.10
Estimates of HIV-1 prevalence from national population-based surveys as a new gold standard. Lancet (2003) 3.85
Global health improvement and WHO: shaping the future. Lancet (2003) 3.79
Science or marketing at WHO? A commentary on 'World Health 2000'. Health Econ (2001) 3.55
Adult mortality: time for a reappraisal. Int J Epidemiol (2004) 3.41
Validity of reported vaccination coverage in 45 countries. Lancet (2003) 3.29
The TB epidemic from 1992 to 2002. Tuberculosis (Edinb) (2003) 3.04
Methodological concerns and recommendations on policy consequences of the World Health Report 2000. Lancet (2001) 3.04
Impediments to global surveillance of infectious diseases: consequences of open reporting in a global economy. Bull World Health Organ (2000) 1.80
Demographic and health surveys (DHS): contributions and limitations. World Health Stat Q (1993) 1.74
International infectious disease law: revision of the World Health Organization's International Health Regulations. JAMA (2004) 1.60
Eradicating polio. N Engl J Med (2004) 1.43
Emerging infectious diseases. A global fire brigade responds to disease outbreaks. Science (2004) 1.16
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 56.72
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 41.47
Maternal mortality for 181 countries, 1980-2008: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5. Lancet (2010) 33.69
Human resources for health: overcoming the crisis. Lancet (2004) 27.45
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 26.95
Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease. Lancet (2002) 24.47
Global malaria mortality between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2012) 17.62
Counting the dead and what they died from: an assessment of the global status of cause of death data. Bull World Health Organ (2005) 15.50
Progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on maternal and child mortality: an updated systematic analysis. Lancet (2011) 14.16
Neonatal, postneonatal, childhood, and under-5 mortality for 187 countries, 1970-2010: a systematic analysis of progress towards Millennium Development Goal 4. Lancet (2010) 12.28
Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 11.32
Estimates of global mortality attributable to smoking in 2000. Lancet (2003) 10.52
Estimation of potential global pandemic influenza mortality on the basis of vital registry data from the 1918-20 pandemic: a quantitative analysis. Lancet (2006) 9.85
GBD 2010: design, definitions, and metrics. Lancet (2012) 8.64
Healthy life expectancy for 187 countries, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 8.22
50-year trends in smoking-related mortality in the United States. N Engl J Med (2013) 7.80
Breast and cervical cancer in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2011) 7.71
Rapid health transition in China, 1990-2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2013) 7.70
Age-specific and sex-specific mortality in 187 countries, 1970-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 7.62
Responding to the global human resources crisis. Lancet (2004) 7.04
Can we achieve Millennium Development Goal 4? New analysis of country trends and forecasts of under-5 mortality to 2015. Lancet (2007) 6.72
Causes of cancer in the world: comparative risk assessment of nine behavioural and environmental risk factors. Lancet (2005) 6.63
UK health performance: findings of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2013) 6.11
Measuring the global burden of disease. N Engl J Med (2013) 5.84
Social inequalities in male mortality, and in male mortality from smoking: indirect estimation from national death rates in England and Wales, Poland, and North America. Lancet (2006) 5.70
Civil registration systems and vital statistics: successes and missed opportunities. Lancet (2007) 5.67
Estimates of global and regional potential health gains from reducing multiple major risk factors. Lancet (2003) 5.26
Measuring the burden of neglected tropical diseases: the global burden of disease framework. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2007) 4.87
Rethinking the "diseases of affluence" paradigm: global patterns of nutritional risks in relation to economic development. PLoS Med (2005) 4.64
Validation of the symptom pattern method for analyzing verbal autopsy data. PLoS Med (2007) 4.35
Validation of verbal autopsy procedures for adult deaths in China. Int J Epidemiol (2005) 4.20
Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years. N Engl J Med (2017) 3.90
Worldwide mortality in men and women aged 15-59 years from 1970 to 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet (2010) 3.89
Validity of verbal autopsy procedures for determining cause of death in Tanzania. Trop Med Int Health (2006) 3.62
Burden of disease and injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: the Indigenous health gap. Int J Epidemiol (2008) 3.61
Setting international standards for verbal autopsy. Bull World Health Organ (2007) 3.59
Role of smoking in global and regional cardiovascular mortality. Circulation (2005) 3.57
Statistical modeling and projections of lung cancer mortality in 4 industrialized countries. Int J Cancer (2005) 3.53
Adult mortality: time for a reappraisal. Int J Epidemiol (2004) 3.41
Mortality registration and surveillance in China: History, current situation and challenges. Popul Health Metr (2005) 3.31
Sample registration of vital events with verbal autopsy: a renewed commitment to measuring and monitoring vital statistics. Bull World Health Organ (2005) 3.30
The way forward. Lancet (2007) 3.28
Global and regional estimates of cancer mortality and incidence by site: II. Results for the global burden of disease 2000. BMC Cancer (2002) 3.26
Population Health Metrics Research Consortium gold standard verbal autopsy validation study: design, implementation, and development of analysis datasets. Popul Health Metr (2011) 3.21
Modeling causes of death: an integrated approach using CODEm. Popul Health Metr (2012) 3.12
Robust metrics for assessing the performance of different verbal autopsy cause assignment methods in validation studies. Popul Health Metr (2011) 3.10
Stages of the cigarette epidemic on entering its second century. Tob Control (2012) 2.98
Mortality in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1964-2004. Bull World Health Organ (2007) 2.93
Validation of cause-of-death statistics in urban China. Int J Epidemiol (2007) 2.89
Distribution of major health risks: findings from the Global Burden of Disease study. PLoS Med (2004) 2.84
Comparative quantification of health risks conceptual framework and methodological issues. Popul Health Metr (2003) 2.80
Interim measures for meeting needs for health sector data: births, deaths, and causes of death. Lancet (2007) 2.71
Global burden of disease 2005: call for collaborators. Lancet (2007) 2.64
Burden of disease and injury in Australia in the new millennium: measuring health loss from diseases, injuries and risk factors. Med J Aust (2008) 2.63
Role of smoking in global and regional cancer epidemiology: current patterns and data needs. Int J Cancer (2005) 2.62
Performance of physician-certified verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards. Popul Health Metr (2011) 2.62
What can we conclude from death registration? Improved methods for evaluating completeness. PLoS Med (2010) 2.61
Using verbal autopsy to measure causes of death: the comparative performance of existing methods. BMC Med (2014) 2.39
Core verbal autopsy procedures with comparative validation results from two countries. PLoS Med (2006) 2.36
Measuring adult mortality using sibling survival: a new analytical method and new results for 44 countries, 1974-2006. PLoS Med (2010) 2.32
Reductions in child mortality levels and inequalities in Thailand: analysis of two censuses. Lancet (2007) 2.30
Epidemiologic transition interrupted: a reassessment of mortality trends in Thailand, 1980-2000. Int J Epidemiol (2006) 2.23
Incoherent policies on universal coverage of health insurance and promotion of international trade in health services in Thailand. Health Policy Plan (2006) 2.19
Design options for sample-based mortality surveillance. Int J Epidemiol (2005) 2.15
Measuring under-five mortality: validation of new low-cost methods. PLoS Med (2010) 2.14
Performance of InterVA for assigning causes of death to verbal autopsies: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards. Popul Health Metr (2011) 2.06
Should data from demographic surveillance systems be made more widely available to researchers? PLoS Med (2008) 2.06
Cause-of-death ascertainment for deaths that occur outside hospitals in Thailand: application of verbal autopsy methods. Popul Health Metr (2010) 1.99
A framework for mandatory impact evaluation to ensure well informed public policy decisions. Lancet (2010) 1.97
Improving diet and physical activity: 12 lessons from controlling tobacco smoking. BMJ (2005) 1.93
Fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular disease and the use of therapies for secondary prevention in a rural region of India. Circulation (2009) 1.92
Evaluating national cause-of-death statistics: principles and application to the case of China. Bull World Health Organ (2005) 1.83
Southeast Asia: an emerging focus for global health. Lancet (2011) 1.78
GBD 2010: a multi-investigator collaboration for global comparative descriptive epidemiology. Lancet (2012) 1.77
Estimated causes of death in Thailand, 2005: implications for health policy. Popul Health Metr (2010) 1.74
Health and health-care systems in southeast Asia: diversity and transitions. Lancet (2011) 1.68
Liver cirrhosis mortality in 187 countries between 1980 and 2010: a systematic analysis. BMC Med (2014) 1.66
Regional infectious disease surveillance networks and their potential to facilitate the implementation of the international health regulations. Med Clin North Am (2008) 1.66
Impact of misclassification on measures of cardiovascular disease mortality in the Islamic Republic of Iran: a cross-sectional study. Bull World Health Organ (2008) 1.66
Verifying causes of death in Thailand: rationale and methods for empirical investigation. Popul Health Metr (2010) 1.63
Cause-specific mortality patterns among hospital deaths in Thailand: validating routine death certification. Popul Health Metr (2010) 1.60
Simplified Symptom Pattern Method for verbal autopsy analysis: multisite validation study using clinical diagnostic gold standards. Popul Health Metr (2011) 1.54
Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980-2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet HIV (2016) 1.51
How many deaths are attributable to smoking in the United States? Comparison of methods for estimating smoking-attributable mortality when smoking prevalence changes. Prev Med (2011) 1.47
Verbal autopsy coding: are multiple coders better than one? Bull World Health Organ (2009) 1.45
Trends in oral, pharyngeal and oesophageal cancer mortality in Australia: the comparative importance of tobacco, alcohol and other risk factors. Aust N Z J Public Health (2011) 1.44
Smoking questions on the Australian death notification form: adopting international best practice? Med J Aust (2009) 1.40
Estimating population cause-specific mortality fractions from in-hospital mortality: validation of a new method. PLoS Med (2007) 1.39
An open letter to the Executive Board of WHO. Lancet (2002) 1.39
Equity and geography: the case of child mortality in Papua New Guinea. PLoS One (2012) 1.33
Estimating mortality and causes of death in Turkey: methods, results and policy implications. Eur J Public Health (2007) 1.32
Production and analysis of health indicators: the role of academia. PLoS Med (2010) 1.32
Evaluation of the quality of cause of death statistics in rural China using verbal autopsies. J Epidemiol Community Health (2007) 1.31
Global and regional estimates of cancer mortality and incidence by site: I. Application of regional cancer survival model to estimate cancer mortality distribution by site. BMC Cancer (2002) 1.31
The evolution and expansion of regional disease surveillance networks and their role in mitigating the threat of infectious disease outbreaks. Emerg Health Threats J (2013) 1.28
Evaluation of cause-of-death statistics for Brazil, 2002-2004. Int J Epidemiol (2008) 1.27
Mortality trends in Fiji. Aust N Z J Public Health (2011) 1.23