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The Lancet Commission on 21st century global threats to health has published a report that uses forecasts of cumulative amenable disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) to quantify and compare various health threats from 2025 to 2100. The Commission aims to provide governments with systematic tools for risk assessment and preparedness planning to enable better long-term decision-making rather than reactive, short-term responses to health crises.
Why it matters
This framework offers policymakers a standardized methodology to evaluate and prioritize future health threats over a 75-year horizon, potentially shifting governmental approaches from reactive crisis management to proactive, evidence-based health security planning. The systematic approach could improve resource allocation and preparedness for emerging global health challenges.
Understand the Science
The Lancet Commission on 21st century global threats to health’s report by Christopher J L Murray and colleagues uses forecasts based on expected cumulative amenable disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) to quantify and compare threats from 2025 to 2100.1 The Commission’s intent is to equip governments with the tools to make smart long-term decisions that reduce risk based on “systematic, repeatable risk assessment and preparedness planning” as opposed to “short-termism and localism”.
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