The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), supported by a $105 million gift from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and $20 million from the state of Washington, aims to put as much information as possible about health in the public domain in a way that is useful, understandable, and credible to enable policymakers and decision makers to craft the best policies with the highest benefit for their own context. IHME is led by Chris Murray, MD, PhD, an internationally renowned expert in health economics and evaluation.

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