Kavumpurathu Raman Thankappan
A5090932299- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Global Health Care Issues
- Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Sodium Intake and Health
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Global Health and Epidemiology
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Social and Economic Development in India
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
2018-2025
University of Nebraska Medical Center
2015-2025
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
2024
Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
2015-2024
Johns Hopkins University
2008-2024
Nebraska Medical Center
2022-2024
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
2024
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research
2024
Central University of Kerala
2018-2023
Madras Medical College
2014-2023
<h2>Summary</h2><h3>Background</h3> In an era of shifting global agendas and expanded emphasis on non-communicable diseases injuries along with communicable diseases, sound evidence trends by cause at the national level is essential. The Global Burden Diseases, Injuries, Risk Factors Study (GBD) provides a systematic scientific assessment published, publicly available, contributed data incidence, prevalence, mortality for mutually exclusive collectively exhaustive list injuries....
BackgroundThe Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 (GBD 2017) includes a comprehensive assessment incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs) for 354 causes in 195 countries territories from 1990 to 2017. Previous GBD studies have shown how the decline mortality rates 2016 has led an increase life expectancy, ageing global population, expansion non-fatal burden disease injury. These also substantial portion world's population experiences health loss...
BackgroundGlobal development goals increasingly rely on country-specific estimates for benchmarking a nation's progress. To meet this need, the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 estimated global, regional, national, and, selected locations, subnational cause-specific mortality beginning in year 1980. Here we report an update to that study, making use newly available data improved methods. GBD 2017 provides comprehensive assessment 282 causes 195 countries...
Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends mean body-mass index (BMI) a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight children adolescents, compare those adults.We pooled 2416 population-based studies measurements height weight on 128·9 million participants aged 5 years older, including 31·5 5-19 years. We used Bayesian hierarchical model from...
BackgroundHow long one lives, how many years of life are spent in good and poor health, the population's state health leading causes disability change over time all have implications for policy, planning, provision services. We comparatively assessed patterns trends healthy expectancy (HALE), which quantifies number expected to be lived complementary measure disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), a composite disease burden capturing both premature mortality prevalence severity ill 359...
Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure prevalence of hypertension progress in its detection, treatment, from 1990 2019 for 200 countries territories.
<h2>Summary</h2><h3>Background</h3> Accurate and up-to-date assessment of demographic metrics is crucial for understanding a wide range social, economic, public health issues that affect populations worldwide. The Global Burden Diseases, Injuries, Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 produced updated comprehensive assessments the key indicators fertility, mortality, migration, population 204 countries territories selected subnational locations from 1950 to 2019. <h3>Methods</h3> 8078 country-years...
Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by the UN Population Division, Department Economics Social Affairs (UNPOP), United States Census Bureau, WHO, as part previous iterations Global Burden Diseases, Injuries, Risk Factors Study (GBD). Previous GBD used population estimates from UNPOP, which were not derived in a way that was internally consistent with numbers deaths GBD. The present iteration GBD, 2017, improves on assessments provides timely experience...
18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states India have populations similar to those large countries. Action effectively improve health requires availability reliable comprehensive state-level estimates disease burden risk factors over time. Such not been available so far for all major diseases factors. Thus, we aimed estimate every state as part Global Burden Disease (GBD) Study 2016.Using data sources, State-Level Initiative estimated (metrics were deaths,...
BackgroundThe burden of cardiovascular diseases is increasing in India, but a systematic understanding its distribution and time trends across all the states not readily available. In this report, we present detailed analysis how patterns major risk factors have changed India between 1990 2016.MethodsWe analysed prevalence disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) due to component causes from 2016, using accessible data sources as part Global Burden Diseases, Injuries, Risk Factors Study 2016....
BackgroundPopulation estimates underpin demographic and epidemiological research are used to track progress on numerous international indicators of health development. To date, internationally available population fertility, although useful, have not been produced with transparent replicable methods do use standardised mortality. We present single-calendar year single-year age fertility by sex methods.MethodsWe estimated in 195 locations single calendar from 1950 2017 methods. based the...
BackgroundComparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories time trends in mean height body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from gain, for adolescents.MethodsFor this pooled analysis, we used a database cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factor Collaboration. applied Bayesian hierarchical model 1985 2019 BMI 1-year groups ages 5–19...
For the first time in post-war history of epidemics, there is a reversal which countries are most heavily affected by disease pandemic. By early May, 2020, more than 90% all reported deaths from coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) have been world's richest countries; if China, Brazil, and Iran included this group, then that number rises to 96%. The rest world—historically far used being depicted as reservoir pestilence wealthy sought protect themselves from, recipient generous amounts advice modest...
Protecting households from high out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for health care is an important system goal. High OOP can push into poverty and make them vulnerable to catastrophic expenditures. This study, based in India, aims to: (a) estimate related impoverishment across economic groups; (b) decompose relate the contribution of their components impoverishment; (c) examine how well recently introduced national insurance schemes meant poor are able provide financial protection. The analysis...
To estimate individual and household economic impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in selected low- middle-income countries (LMIC).Empirical evidence on the microeconomic consequences CVD LMIC is scarce.We surveyed 1,657 recently hospitalized patients (66% male; mean age 55.8 years) from Argentina, China, India, Tanzania to evaluate functional/productivity hospitalization. Respondents were stratified into three income groups. Median out-of-pocket expenditures for treatment over 15 month...
<h2>Summary</h2><h3>Background</h3> Universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities is an essential human right, recognised in the Sustainable Development Goals as crucial for preventing disease improving wellbeing. Comprehensive, high-resolution estimates are important inform progress towards achieving this goal. We aimed produce geospatial of facilities. <h3>Methods</h3> used a Bayesian geostatistical model data from 600 sources across more than 88 low-income...