Evidence Briefs

• Globally, dietary risks were the third leading contributors of death and ill-health due to major noncommunicable diseases (cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and cancers) in 2019, next to high blood pressure and tobacco use.
• In 2019, nearly 8 million deaths and over 187 million healthy life years lose occurred due to NCDs attributable to dietary risks worldwide.
• Reliable and up to date data on dietary risk factors of NCDs is important to monitor and evaluate NCDs prevention and control strategies in Ethiopia.
• Therefore, the aim of the current study was to estimate the national and subnational burden of NCDs attributable to 15 dietary risks in Ethiopia using the Global Burdens of Disease (GBD) 2021 study results.

• Drug use disorder is a disease that affects a person’s brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal drug or medicine.
• Drug use disorder causes disability, mental illnesses, loss of productivity, and death, especially in young people.
• Only few fragmented drug use disorder studies done in the country.
• The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence, death, years lived with disability, and years of life adjusted for disability of drug use disorder among adolescent in Ethiopia.

• Neonatal disorders are medical conditions affecting new-borns and infants

• According to WHO 2019 report, neonatal disorder was ranked 5th out of ten top mortality causes as a result killed two million new born and young children globally

• While it becomes the first leading cause of death for low-income countries inclusive of Ethiopia

• Most of neonatal disorders are easily preventable and treatable with available interventions and technologies.

• However evidence are scarce on the burden of each categories of neonatal disorder and the change overtime in Ethiopia

• The aim of this study is intended to address these evidence gaps through estimating national and subnational burden and trends of neonatal disorders and identify disparity among regions in Ethiopia from 1990 to 2021 using global burden of disease 2021 estimate.

• Monitoring progress in health-related Sustainable Development (SDG) indicators can be useful for guiding health policy, programs, targeted resource allocation and service delivery.
•  This study provided updated estimates for 15 health-related SDG indicators for Ethiopia from 2000 to 2021, and projected to 2030 using the Global Burden of Disease 2021 study data and methods.

•  Low birth weight (newborn weight at birth <2500 grams) and short gestation (also described as preterm birth) are main risk factors for child deaths and poor health outcomes. These adverse birth outcomes could result from long-term maternal malnutrition, ill-health and poor health care in pregnancy.
• Low birth weight (prevalence: 10%-20%) and short gestation (prevalence: 8%-13%) are common adverse birth outcomes in Ethiopia.
•  However, we lack adequate information how health risks attributable to low birth weight and short gestation vary
•  This analysis aims to examine trends and sub-national disparities in child death rates attributable to low birth weight and short gestation in Ethiopia based on the global burden of

• NTDs are among top 10 major communicable diseases globally, causing 19 million Disability-Adjusted Life Years lost (DALYs) and 185,000 deaths in 2019

• Africa Accounts about 40% of global burden and 80% of the countries are at least co endemic to 5 NTDs

• Ethiopia is co endemic to at least 9 NTDs and more than 75 million people are at risk of infection

• Ethiopia have been implementing NTDs control and elimination programs since 2013, however, there is evidence gap on its burden and extent of change both at national and subnational level

• This study aimed to assess burden of NTDs, at national and subnational level interms of Mortality and DALYs between the years 1990 to 2021 using global burden of disease study (GBD-2021).

Protein energy malnutrition (PEM) is the commonest malnutrition in resource limited countries causing
far-reaching public health and economic impact.
The rate of malnutrition among under-five children in the country is among the highest in the world
and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Despite its significance, little is known about the burden of PEM, the changing trend across regional
states and across ages. Using GBD 2019 study, this evidence brief presents trend and burden of PEM at
national and regional state level as an input for policy directives.