Baffour Awuah

TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 (GBD 2013) as mentioned in this paper provides a timely opportunity to update the comparative risk assessment with new data for exposure, relative risks, and evidence on the appropriate counterfactual risk distribution.

TL;DR: The Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factor study 2013 is the first of a series of annual updates of the GBD and six new risk factors have been added: handwashing practices, occupational exposure to trichloroethylene, childhood wasting, childhood stunting, unsafe sex, and low glomerular filtration rate.

TL;DR: Based on the national estimates built from data provided by cancer registries in sub-Saharan Africa, the authors summarise key patterns of the regional burden and argue for investments in locally produced data.

TL;DR: Pathway enrichment and deconvolution of tumor cellular composition revealed tumor-associated immunological profiles are distinct in patients of African descent, and expression of 613 genes associated with African ancestry and 2000+ associated with regional African ancestry was found.