Understanding the burden of disease in Nepal: a call for local evidence

B. Devleesschauwer, A. Ale, L. Duchateau, P. Dorny, R. Lake, P. Dhakal, S.B. Pun, B.D. Pandey, N. Speybroeck

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    Abstract

    The burden of disease, most commonly expressed in terms of Disability-Adjusted Life Years, has become a crucial component in decision making processes within the health sector. In Nepal, however, burden of disease estimates are scarce and lack representativeness. To improve our understanding of the burden of disease in Nepal and thereby increase the efficiency of health policies, there is an urgent need to strengthen thelocal evidencebased. All relevant stakeholders should therefore collaborate to generate new data, improve existing data generation mechanisms, make generated data available, and optimize the use of available data. Subjects: burden of disease; disability-adjusted life years; local evidence; nepal.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Nepal Health Research Council
    Volume11
    Issue number24
    Pages (from-to)221-224
    Number of pages4
    ISSN1727-5482
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    Keywords

    • National health
    • Disease burden
    • Quantification
    • DALYs
    • Data collection
    • National policies
    • Evidence-based
    • Estimation
    • Mortality
    • Causes of death
    • Nepal
    • Asia-South

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