Andrea B Feigl
A5031673421- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Global Health Care Issues
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Global Health and Epidemiology
- Diabetes Management and Education
- School Health and Nursing Education
Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques
2017-2020
Harvard Global Health Institute
2012-2019
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
2017-2018
Harvard University
2011-2017
University of Washington
2017
Center for Global Development
2017
Kaiser Family Foundation
2017
Virginia Tech
2017
Faculty of Public Health
2017
Seattle University
2017
The scale-up of tobacco control, especially after the adoption Framework Convention for Tobacco Control, is a major public health success story. Nonetheless, smoking remains leading risk early death and disability worldwide, therefore continues to require sustained political commitment. Global Burden Diseases, Injuries, Risk Factors Study (GBD) offers robust platform through which global, regional, national progress toward achieving smoking-related targets can be assessed.We synthesised 2818...
<h2>Summary</h2><h3>Background</h3> An adequate amount of prepaid resources for health is important to ensure access services and the pursuit universal coverage. Previous studies on global financing have described relationship between economic development financing. In this study, we further explore trends examine how sources funds used, types purchased, assistance disbursed change with development. We also identify countries that deviate from trends. <h3>Methods</h3> estimated national...
Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires financing systems that provide prepaid pooled resources for key services without placing undue financial stress on households. Understanding current and future trajectories of is vital progress towards UHC. We used historical data 188 countries from 1995 to 2015 estimate scenarios spending through 2040.We extracted gross domestic product (GDP) 2015, projected annual GDP, development assistance health, government, out-of-pocket, private 2040...
The amount of resources, particularly prepaid available for health can affect access to care and outcomes. Although spending tends increase with economic development, tremendous variation exists among financing systems. Estimates future be beneficial policy makers planners, identify gaps. In this study, we estimate gross domestic product (GDP), all-sector government spending, disaggregated by source, compare expected potential spending.We extracted GDP, in 184 countries from 1980-2015, spend...
Comparable estimates of health spending are crucial for the assessment systems and to optimally deploy resources. The methods used track continue evolve, but little is known about distribution across diseases. We developed improved by source, including development assistance health, and, first time, estimated HIV/AIDS on prevention treatment source funding, 188 countries.We collected published data domestic spending, from 1995 2015, a diverse set international agencies. tracked 1990 2017....
Health conditions in developing countries are becoming more like those developed countries, with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) predominating and infectious declining. The increased awareness of changing health needs, however, has not translated into significant shifts resources or policy-level attention from international donors governments affected countries. Driven by changes lifestyle related to nutrition, physical activity, smoking, the surging burden NCDs poor portends painful...
In a Comment (February, 2017),1Allen L Feigl A What's in name? call to reframe non-communicable diseases.Lancet Glob Health. 2017; 2: e129-e130Summary Full Text PDF Scopus (42) Google Scholar we argued that action on the conditions currently referred as diseases (NCDs) may be hampered by inadequacy of their label. We received remarkable amount feedback this suggestion, and synthesise responses garnered from Lancet Facebook poll, Correspondence letters,2Rigby M Renaming 5: e653Summary PubMed...
The global health community does not spend much time on branding, which perhaps explains why existing classifications for the three largest groups of diseases are both outdated and counterproductive. first Global Burden Disease study1Murray CJ Lopez AD Jamison DT burden disease in 1990: summary results, sensitivity analysis future directions.Bull World Health Organ. 1994; 72: 495-509PubMed Google Scholar described infectious diseases, non-communicable (NCDs), injuries. This grouping...
While obesity and diabetes are rising pandemics, few low-cost effective prevention management strategies exist, especially in the Middle East. Nearly 20% of adults Jordan suffer from diabetes, over 75% overweight or obese. Social network-based programs have shown promise as a viable public health intervention strategy to address these growing crises. We evaluated effectiveness Microclinic Program (MCP) via 6-month multi-community randomized trial Jordan, with follow-up at 2 years. The MCP...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes have spread at a remarkable pace in European countries over the past decades. Overweight/obesity alcohol use are two leading risk factors contributing to both economic epidemiological burden associated with NCDs. In OECD countries, impact of indirect costs obesity varies between 0.20% 1.21% GDP. Indirect range from 0.19% (Portugal) 1.6% (Estonia) GDP.To assess longitudinal high body-mass index (BMI) on labour...
Background Ageing populations and rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) increasingly contribute to the growing cost burden facing European healthcare systems. Few studies have attempted quantify future magnitude this at level, none them consider impact potential changes in risk factor trajectories on health expenditures. Methods The new microsimulation model forecasts behavioural metabolic factors NCDs, longevity direct costs, shows how epidemiological trends can modify those...
Despite the mounting evidence that they impede social and economic development, increase inequalities, perpetuate poverty, Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) remain largely absent from agendas of major development assistance initiatives. In addition, fundamental changes are developing in patterns for health, more burden fighting NCDs is being placed on domestic budgets, thus increasing pressure most vulnerable countries. The paper argues, however, a new day coming. With inclusion related...