Health progress in a post-COVID-19 world
Ce dossier présente les résultats d'une étude internationale évaluant, sur la période 1990-2023 et pour 204 pays et territoires, les causes de décès, les années de vie perdues ainsi que les années de vie ajustées sur l'incapacité
The COVID-19 pandemic upended global mortality and morbidity. COVID-19 was ranked as the number one age-standardised cause of death globally in 2021 but by 2023 had dropped to the 20th cause of death among all leading global causes, replaced by ischaemic heart disease and stroke as the two leading causes of death. During the COVID-19 pandemic, disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) due to infectious, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases all increased, but have since returned to pre-pandemic levels. These findings and others are presented in the 2023 Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) in three papers in The Lancet. Together, these papers lay out for the first time a comprehensive description of health in the post-pandemic world. With less than 5 years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), these metrics are a starting point for reshaping health policy and financing for the post-SDG health agenda.
The Lancet , éditorial, 2025