Co-authors and main contributors to the study include our current International Advisory Board members Dr. Liesl Zühlke and Dr. Kathy Jenkins; our former International Advisory Board member Dr. Chris Hugo Hamman, and our partner from India, Dr. Krishna Kumar.
Dr. Meghan Zimmerman, Dr. Craig Sable and Dr. Gerald Martin from Children’s National Health System; Dr. Nicholas Kassebaum from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, and Ms. Alison Smith from Emory University School of Medicine, were the lead collaborators on the paper.
According to The Lancet, The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is the most comprehensive worldwide epidemiological study to date. It describes mortality and morbidity (the rate of incidence of a disease) from major diseases, injuries and risk factors to health at global, national and regional levels. Examining trends from 1990 to the present and making comparisons across populations enables the undertraining of the changing health challenges facing people across the world in the 21st century.
Listen to the Pediheart Podcast with Dr. Robert Pass. He discusses this study and congenital heart disease in the developing world with author Dr. Craig Sable.
