WHO Fact Sheet: Deafness and Hearing Loss

This article from The Lancet Public Health estimates the global prevalence of dementia using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019. This paper seeks to provide policymakers and health officials an understanding of the health challenges the globe or their individual countries face, as well as how these challenges change over time. The GBD papers incorporate the prevalence of a disease, injury, or risk factor and the relative harm they cause to…

This data dashboard from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) allows users to access, analyze, and compare the youth family planning policies and programming for 28 countries in Africa and South Asia. The tool uses eight indicators—parental or spousal consent, provider authorization, age restrictions, restrictions based on marital status, access to a full range of family planning methods, comprehensive sexuality education, youth-friendly family planning service provision, and an enabling social environment—that have been shown to be…

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…