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National levels of personal health-care access and quality can be approximated by measuring mortality rates from causes that should not be fatal in the presence of effective medical care (ie, amenable mortality). Previous analyses of mortality amenable to health care only focused on high-income countries and faced several methodological challenges. In the present analysis, we use the highly standardised cause of death and risk factor estimates generated through the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) to improve and expand the quantification of personal health-care access and quality for 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2015. We mapped the most widely used list of causes amenable to personal health care developed by Nolte and McKee to 32 GBD causes. We accounted for variations in cause of death certification and misclassifications through the extensive data standardisation processes and redistribution algorithms developed for GBD. To isolate the effects of personal health-care access and quality, we risk-standardised cause-specific mortality rates for each geography-year by removing the joint effects of local environmental and behavioural risks, and adding back the global levels of risk exposure as estimated for GBD 2015. We employed principal component analysis to create a single, interpretable summary measure–the Healthcare Quality and Access (HAQ) Index–on a scale of 0 to 100. The HAQ Index showed strong convergence validity as compared with other health-system indicators, including health expenditure per capita (r=0·88), an index of 11 universal health coverage interventions (r=0·83), and human resources for health per 1000 (r=0·77). We used free disposal hull analysis with bootstrapping to produce a frontier based on the relationship between the HAQ Index and the Socio-demographic Index (SDI), a measure of overall development consisting of income per capita, average years of education, and total fertility rates. This frontier allowed us to better quantify the maximum levels of personal health-care access and quality achieved across the development spectrum, and pinpoint geographies where gaps between observed and potential levels have narrowed or widened over time. Between 1990 and 2015, nearly all countries and territories saw their HAQ Index values improve; nonetheless, the difference between the highest and lowest observed HAQ Index was larger in 2015 than in 1990, ranging from 28·6 to 94·6. Of 195 geographies, 167 had statistically significant increases in HAQ Index levels since 1990, with South Korea, Turkey, Peru, China, and the Maldives recording among the largest gains by 2015. Performance on the HAQ Index and individual causes showed distinct patterns by region and level of development, yet substantial heterogeneities emerged for several causes, including cancers in highest-SDI countries; chronic kidney disease, diabetes, diarrhoeal diseases, and lower respiratory infections among middle-SDI countries; and measles and tetanus among lowest-SDI countries. While the global HAQ Index average rose from 40·7 (95% uncertainty interval, 39·0–42·8) in 1990 to 53·7 (52·2–55·4) in 2015, far less progress occurred in narrowing the gap between observed HAQ Index values and maximum levels achieved; at the global level, the difference between the observed and frontier HAQ Index only decreased from 21·2 in 1990 to 20·1 in 2015. If every country and territory had achieved the highest observed HAQ Index by their corresponding level of SDI, the global average would have been 73·8 in 2015. Several countries, particularly in eastern and western sub-Saharan Africa, reached HAQ Index values similar to or beyond their development levels, whereas others, namely in southern sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and south Asia, lagged behind what geographies of similar development attained between 1990 and 2015. This novel extension of the GBD Study shows the untapped potential for personal health-care access and quality improvement across the development spectrum. Amid substantive advances in personal health care at the national level, heterogeneous patterns for individual causes in given countries or territories suggest that few places have consistently achieved optimal health-care access and quality across health-system functions and therapeutic areas. This is especially evident in middle-SDI countries, many of which have recently undergone or are currently experiencing epidemiological transitions. The HAQ Index, if paired with other measures of health-system characteristics such as intervention coverage, could provide a robust avenue for tracking progress on universal health coverage and identifying local priorities for strengthening personal health-care quality and access throughout the world. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Guarantee Trust Assurance Plc has launched a new TVC campaign with a theme, GT Assure, this is a simpler way . According to the General Manager GTAssure, Mr. Owolabi Salami, the essence of the campaign was to reinforce the belief that dreams can be achieved through life insurance. He was talking during the launching ceremony in Lagos.

The woman left the town house she was renting at 2916 Madeira Court, off of Antietam Road, briefly to take her 15-year-old to school. When she returned, the smoke alarm had been triggered and she discovered smoke coming from the basement of the two-story structure, according to Olufunke Owolabi, Prince William Fire and Rescue spokeswoman.

According to Owolabi, part of understanding yourself is not letting \"doubts, categorizations and opinions of others stick\" (p. 70). Owolabi's third step involves understanding the people you are leading well enough that they know that you care: \"Taking the initiative to genuinely understand other individuals will help you move beyond simply exercising power to possessing real influence\" (p. 113). Potential readers, as you read Owolabi's book it is my hope that as you are inspired, you will inspire and encourage others to change our present situation.

When Owolabi Mussey has served his sentence he is expected to be deported to his home country of Nigeria. Mussey, 30, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown Court to possessing a false identity document with intent to deceive.

NIGERIAN trialist Ganiyu Owolabi pressed his claim for a permanent deal after firing a double to give [Livingston] a win in the opening tie of their Dutch tour against amateur side Dovo Veenendaal. [Jim Leishman] said: \"It was a great exercise.\" Owolabi added: \"Hopefully I can prove I am good enough for Livvy.\" The score of the final game meant Livvy won the tournament.

Meanwhile, Livingston are set to sign Nigerian striker Ganiyu Owolabi after red tape scuppered the 29-year-old's move to Wolves earlier this year. Owolabi, who has a Belgian passport, joined up with Livi at their Dutch training camp yesterday. Speedy former Royal Antwerp marksman Owolabi made an immediate impression during the work-out and a deal could be sealed early next week. He will get the chance to clinch a transfer in the club's three friendlies this week and is keen to make up for hisMolineux disappointment. Manager Craig Levein will assess him for the final time today before deciding whether he will join fellow trialist Maarten Schops on the flight to the team's base in Turku.

The Circle line was suspended and the Metropolitan line stopped short at Baker Street. The two lines are used by more than 620,000 passengers a day. A large part of the Hammersmith and City line was also suspended. All services were halted between Baker Street and Aldgate and Aldgate East via King's Cross. The problems on the Circle line continued throughout the day with many stations broadcasting announcements to passengers that they should use other routes where possible. A recent report revealed that signal and track failures are the biggest single cause of delays on the Tube. LU recently had its worse day on record when hundreds of thousands of commuters were caught up in delays on 23 October - dubbed \"black Tuesday\". LONDON Underground is facing a huge fine over the death of a security guard from carbon monoxide poisoning. Olatunji Owolabi, 59, was overcome by fumes from a petrol engine generator while guarding a power substation owned by LU, writes Mark Benham.

DAMILOLA TAYLOR'S favourite hymns will be sung at his memorial service today, which would have been his 11th birthday. Obadayode [Pastor Owolabi], who will lead the service at the Nigerian Pentecostal Church in Peckham, said that Abide With Me, Blessed Assurance and Rock of Ages will be sung. A thousand people are expected, including Home Secretary Jack Straw, Peckham MP Harriet Harman and the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone. Every MP and some members of the royal family are believed to have been invited. Damilola, his mother Gloria and his brother and sister have been regulars in pastor Owolabi's congregation. Damilola also attended the sunday school. \"The [Taylor] family would come here with Damilola not just on Sundays, but for some of the midweek services as well. Damilola sometimes attended the Arts Fellowship meetings in the evenings.\"