period 1950–2015. We use data on life tables from World Population Prospects to develop a comprehensive database of a battery … reduction that can be largely attributed to the substantial progress made in reducing child mortality worldwide. We also observe … a degree of heterogeneity in the distributional patters of inequality in length of life across world regions …

Report (WDR) of 1993, the world now has the unique opportunity to achieve a grand convergence in global mortality within a …The grand challenge in global health is the inequality in mortality and life expectancy between countries and within … countries. According to Global Health 2035, the Lancet Commission celebrating the 20th anniversary of the World Development …

political spectrum wanted mortality and healthcare to be distributed more evenly among the rich and poor than they estimated …