HIV represents the heaviest burden of disease contributing to current morbidity and mortality rates among adults in Cameroon [ 1].
A high burden of disease contributes to the entrenchment of poverty and threatens subsistence rights, with greatest impact upon the vulnerable and powerless [ 34, 35].
Disability caused by migraine may be one of the main causes of burden contributing to poor quality of life (QOL) among migraine patients.
6 In Ethiopia, the prevalence of depression was found to be 9.1% in a nationally representative sample; 7 and in a population-based survey carried out in southern Ethiopia, depression was found to be the seventh leading cause of disease burden contributing to 6.5% of the DALYs in 1998.
Population-based burden-of-headache studies contribute essentially to our understanding of disease origins, patterns, aetiology and risk factors, inform needs-assessment and underpin service policy; they must be of high quality.
Demonstration of non-inferiority of anti-emetic effects after elimination of day 2 and 3 DEX doses would help prevent overtreatment with DEX and help alleviate associated adverse events and other forms of patient burden, ultimately contributing to increased patient QOL.
They found that scientists from the 20 most developed economies account for 90percentt of medical publications, while countries with the greatest burdens of disease contribute the least to the scientific health output.
Russia's burden of overweight contributes to the existing health crisis in the country.
Additionally, analyses using underlying cause of death categories may underestimate the mortality burden for selected contributing causes of death listed on the death certificates (e.g., diabetes mellitus) [ 26].
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that lead poisoning causes 0.6% of the global burden of disease and contributes to approximately 600,000 cases of intellectual disability in children annually (WHO 2010).
