Global Burden of Disease
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Glossary
Glasgow Benefit Inventory Definition The Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI) is a measure of patient benefit developed especially for otorhinolaryngological (ORL) interventions. Patient benefit is the change in health status resulting from health care intervention. The GBI was developed to be patientoriented, to be maximally sensitive to ORL interventions such as cochlear implantation. The GBI is an 18-item, postintervention questionnaire intended to be given to patients.
Glasgow Health Status Inventory Definition The Glasgow Health Status Inventory (GHSI) is an 18 item questionnaire filled in by the patient which assesses health state, by measuring the effect of a health problem (in this case hearing loss) on the quality of life of a person. It allows cross-comparison among many health conditions, among different health interventions, and among demographic and cultural subgroups. The GHSI can be used at any point in time and measures the general quality of life the person experiences and how health problems affect this.
Global Alliance for Tuberculosis Drug Development (TB Alliance) Definition The TB Alliance is a gathering aiming to encourage the development of affordable efficient drugs against tuberculosis.
Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization Definition The Alliance, which includes industry partners, industrialized and developing country governments, UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank, foundations and NGOs, provides a mechanism for partners to collaborate more closely, agree upon common goals and strategies, and share a commitment to do more for immunization and do it better.
Global Assessment of Functioning Definition GAF is a numeric scale (0 through 100) used by mental health clinicians and doctors to rate the social, occupational and psychological functioning of adults.
Global Burden of Disease Definition The term ‘‘Burden of Disease’’ can refer to the overall impact of diseases and injuries at the individual level, at the societal level, or to the economic costs of diseases. Specifically, the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) refers to a WHO and World Bank study published in the World Development Report 1993 that measured the total loss of health resulting from diseases and injuries. Updated in 1996 and again in 2000, the study generates the most comprehensive and consistent set of estimates of mortality and morbidity by age, sex and region.
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