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From the Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), welcome to the Global Health Dictionary. 📖🌐

This project aims to explain some of the most common (and sometimes complex) terms we use on a daily basis.

All the definitions and materials have been created by our Communications team in collaboration with the Centre’s researchers 💻🔍. As we can’t cover all the terms used in science and medicine, we will focus on those that are most relevant to our scientific agenda. 🗓️

But… it’s not finished yet! The dictionary will continue to be updated as we add new words and resources. Stay tuned! ✨

TODAY’S WORD IS…

Incidence
What is incidence? Incidence is an epidemiological measure used to quantify the occurrence of new cases of a disease in a given population over a given period of time. There are two main ways of measuring incidence: Incidence rate (IR) : The frequency with which new cases of a disease occur in a population at risk, taking into account the exposure time of each individual. It is calculated by dividing the number of new cases by the amount of time each...
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