Diagnostics Solutions Strategic Priorities
Infectious Diseases are still causing global harm
Cause of death globally (millions per year)1,2
Roche
Cardiovascular diseases
Infectious diseases
Cancer
Injuries
Neurological disorders.
3
4
10
18
13 +2
COVID-19
2020
>2tn CHF
ECONOMIC IMPACT³
Infectious Diseases
+100% estimate" from COVID-19
1 GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic
analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet. 2018 Nov 10;392(10159):1736-1788. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32203-7. Epub 2018 Nov 8; 2 Sung S., Ferlay J., Siegel
R., et al. Global cancer statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA Cancer J Clin. 2021;0:1-41; 3 Bloom DE et al.
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 7757; 4 Prediction United Nations (March 9, 2020)
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