By IDSE News Staff
Global life expectancy increased by 6.2 years since 1990, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic interfered with many efforts to decrease mortality rates, according to a recent study (Lancet 2024 Apr 3. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00367-2).
Over the past three decades, reductions in mortality from leading killers, including diarrhea and lower respiratory infections (LRIs), as well as cardiovascular conditions, were seen. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in 2020, it derailed