Lancet Series 2021: Chronic Pain

This Lancet Series examines the impacts of structural racism and geographical inequity on the global diabetes crisis. The Series builds on the work of the Lancet Commission on Diabetes, which did not study racism as part of the environmental and social determinants of diabetes. The papers in this series show how structural inequities amplify and compound the upstream and downstream social determinants of health, which leads to greater prevalence of diabetes and poorer outcomes for…

This Lancet Commission examines the profound impacts of eye health and vision on the health and wellbeing of people, families, and populations and the interconnected implications for sustainable development and the global economy. In 2020, an estimated 596 million people had distance vision impairment, while another 510 million people had uncorrected near vision impairment. 90 percent of those affected live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and these numbers will only continue to grow as…

These fact sheets from the World Health Organization (WHO) provide an overview of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic obstructive respiratory disease, and diabetes. Also known as chronic diseases, they are typically of long duration, progress through a series of stages, and share risk factors such as unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, tobacco smoke, and the harmful use of alcohol. The effect of risk factors accumulate over the course of an individual’s lifetime…