In the 17 years since the World Health Report 2000, which controversially proposed measures of performance of 193 health systems worldwide, there have been enormous advances in the information available on health and disease worldwide, led by the Global Burden of Disease project. In this talk, Martin McKee presents new findings from the project, which have employed the concept of avoidable mortality and linked it to these new sources of data. He discusses both the remaining challenges and the implications of these findings to researchers and policy decision-makers.

Martin McKee

Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Research Director, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policy

Resources

Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Barber, Ryan M et al. The Lancet, Volume 390, Issue 10091, 231 – 266

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