Dear all,
My apologies for posting without a time/place of this lecture. Please see here:
Date: Friday 12th April 2019
Time: 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Venue: Manson Lecture Theatre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Admission: Open to all, seats available on first come, first served basis.
The event will be livestreamed and recorded. See the following webpage for further details and link for livestream:
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/events/global-local-introducing-local-burden-disease-project
From: Edmond Ng
Sent: 19 March 2019 10:26
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Subject: LECTURE - Simon Hay: "From Global to Local: Introducing the Local Burden of Disease Project"
Prof Simon Hay<http://www.healthdata.org/about/simon-iain-hay> (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington) will give the following lecture at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) on 12th April 2019 :
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Title: From Global to Local: Introducing the Local Burden of Disease Project
Abstract:
While global- and national-level estimates are essential to understanding overarching trends in health and health related outcomes, having access to local-level estimates allows health policy decisions to be tailored precisely for local areas rather than entire countries. Combining this level of detail with broad coverage would give health officials everywhere the tools to make locally informed decisions to better track health trends and evaluate progress towards goals, target the best use of limited funds and use precise information to direct health interventions.
The Local Burden of Disease (LBD) project at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) aims to produce estimates of health outcomes and related measures that cover entire continents, but to do so at a very fine, local resolution.
This talk, led by Prof. Simon Hay (Director, Local Burden of Disease, IHME), will introduce the LBD project, explore the data and models used to produce local level estimates, present Under-5 mortality (U5M) and other results for low and middle income countries and discuss the impact of these findings. We believe this is a key path to resolving geographical inequality.
The event will be livestreamed and recorded. See the following webpage for further details and link for livestream:
https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/events/global-local-introducing-local-burden-disease-project
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Thank you for your attention and hope you can join us then.
Best wishes, Edmond
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