Publications

This article summarizes lessons learned in the first 2 years of the Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) hypertension management program, operated in coordination with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners.

Of the approximately 1.4 billion people with hypertension worldwide, only about one in seven has their blood pressure successfully treated and adequately controlled.

Preventable noncommunicable diseases, mostly cardiovascular diseases, are responsible for 38 million deaths annually. A few well-documented interventions have the potential to prevent many of these deaths, but a large proportion of the population in need does not have access to these interventions.

This article highlights how preemption—the ability of a higher level of government to limit the regulatory power of a lower level of government—has both created and alleviated health inequities. It proposes the development of an equity-first preemption framework to establish evidence-based criteria for assessing when preemption will enhance or inhibit equity and a research agenda for developing the evidence necessary to inform and operationalize the framework.

There is an overdose epidemic in the United States. More than 93,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2020, the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a single year in the United States. Every overdose death is preventable.

This article shares lessons learned through implementing the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative, which provides technical support to improve civil registration and vital statistics systems. The article focuses on two important aspects of the Initiative's work in multiple countries and cities: legal and regulatory review and reform, and notification of vital events.

The U.S. is in the grip of an unprecedented epidemic of drug-related harm. Making it easier for people who inject drugs to legally access clean, new syringes and fentanyl test strips can reduce the risk of disease transmission and fatal overdose. State paraphernalia laws prohibiting the possession of syringes and fentanyl test strips should be repealed in order to reduce overdose death and related harms.

This retrospective cohort study aimed to identify one or more groups that followed a pattern of chronic, high prescription use and quantify individuals’ time-dependent probabilities of belonging to a high-utilizer group.

Although many countries have made substantial progress in strengthening their civil registration and vital statistics systems, most low- and middle-income countries still have underdeveloped systems. This systematic review aimed to identify national policies that can help countries strengthen their systems.