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News Archive

2009

• IHME Post-Bachelor Fellows creating a new generation of "skeptical optimists"
  Media Advisory
  November 19, 2009
  
  
• IHME/Harvard study wins competition for best open-access paper
  Media Advisory
  October 20, 2009
  
  
• Better public health research needed in India
  Research Highlights
  October 14, 2009
  
  
• Diabetes dodges diagnosis in some states
  Research Highlights
  September 25, 2009
  
  
• Surveys may muddle research in monitoring health status trends
  Research Highlights
  August 1, 2009
  
  
• Hearing loss rate drops, then stalls nationwide
  News Release
  July 6, 2009
  
  
• Global health funding soars, boosted by unprecedented private giving
  News Release
  June 18, 2009
  
  
• Iran’s death rate from road traffic accidents highest in the world
  Research Highlights
  May 19, 2009
  
  
• Smoking, high blood pressure, obesity: top three killers of U.S. adults
  Research Highlights
  April 28, 2009
  
  
• Mexican health care reform relieves financial burden on millions of poor
  Research Highlights
  April 9, 2009
  
  
• Patient satisfaction doesn't necessarily mean better care
  Research Highlights
  March 31, 2009
  
  
• Inconsistent survey methods distort true picture of out-of-pocket health spending around the globe
  Research Highlights
  March 4, 2009

2008

• Global childhood immunization coverage growing at only half the officially reported rate
  News Release
  December 12, 2008
  
  
• Life expectancy worsening or stagnating for large segment of the U.S. population: Diseases related to smoking, high blood pressure and obesity contributing to worsening health, particularly for women
  News Release
  April 21, 2008
  
  
• IHME and The Lancet to co-host international research conference in Seattle
  News Release
  April 9-12, 2008

2007

• University of Washington and Gates Foundation to Announce New Institute to Evaluate International Health Programs
  News Release
  June 4, 2007
  
  
• University of Washington Launches New Institute to Evaluate International Health Programs
  News Release
  June 1, 2007