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TIME	PROGRAMME
0830 – 0900	Registration
0900 – 0905	Welcome Remarks
0905 – 0925	NUS-IHME Global Burden Of Disease Collaboration Centre Launching Ceremony
0925 – 0930	Forum Opening Address
0930 – 1010	Keynote And Fireside Chat: The Global Burden Of Disease Journey
1010 – 1040	Coffee Break
1040 – 1140	Plenary 1: Healthy Longevity – The Singapore Burden Of Disease (Co-organised With Singapore Ministry of Health)
1140 – 1240	Plenary 2: Bending The Curve Of Global Burden Of Disease: The Role Of Nutrition And Lifestyle From Bench Science To The Health Of A Nation (Co-organised With NUS Global Center For Asian Women's Health)
1240 – 1320	Lunch And Networking
1320 – 1350	Lunch N Learn Lecture: Disease Burden Of Antimicrobial Resistance In ASEAN
1350 – 1450	Plenary 3: The Disease Burden Of Heat And Changing Climate (Co-organised With NUS Heat Resilience And Performance Centre)
1450 – 1550	Plenary 4: The Future Of ASEAN Health (Co-organised With CMB Foundation)
1550 – 1600	Concluding Remarks
1600 – 1630	Refreshments And Networking

TIME	Programme
0830 – 0900	Registration
0900 – 0915	Welcome Welcome by key stakeholders Participant and instructor introductions Review agenda and questions
0915 – 1030	GBD foundations and concepts ● Purpose of the GBD ● Guiding principles of the GBD ● Summary measures of health o Addressing health gaps vs. health opportunities through GBD metrics o Difference from other descriptive epi methods / summary measures of health o Primary metrics (DALY, YLL, YLD, HALE) ● Analytical strategy – high level overview of the flowchart ● Data sources used in the GBD ● How to interpret GBD measures
1030 – 1100	Break
1100 – 1145	GBD Data Sources ● Making sense of the world’s health data in GBD ● Data collection and curation in GBD ● Data source types and classification in GBD ● Covariate selection and application in GBD ● The ASEAN data landscape for GBD
1145 – 1215	GBD 2023 Results ● Review of global, regional and country level results using GBD Compare ● Highlight results in different ASEAN countries including top causes of death, disability, and risk factors
1215 – 1315	Lunch
1315 – 1415	Singapore GBD Experience ● Singapore MOH to share how they have used GBD in priority setting ● Share examples of how data have shaped policy ● Challenges and hopes
1415 – 1515	Interpreting GBD Measures ● Interpreting core GBD measures ● Understanding measures, dimensions, and units ● Scaling results across GBD dimensions ● Interpreting age-specific vs age-standardised interpretation
1515 – 1530	Break
1530 – 1630	How to use GBD compare ● Review the different settings and modes ● Review each chart type and give examples/demonstrations ● Show how to share and download results ● Discuss the different perspectives you can use when exploring compare
1630 – 1700	Priority setting exercise set-up ● Describe the priority setting exercise ● Participants will form teams and select a country to represent ● Hand out exercise instructions and PowerPoint template

TIME	Programme
0830 – 0900	Registration
0900 – 1015	Demography estimation and methods ● The value and importance of demography estimation ● Impact on health outcomes, policy-making, health systems, resource allocation ● Discuss the types of data used in the demographic measures including estimation of population, fertility, and mortality ● Describe the analytic strategy for demography estimation ● Explain the different measures produced through the demographic pipeline
1015 – 1030	Break
1030 – 1130	Demography analytical strategy and methods ● Describe the analytic strategy for demography estimation ● Explain the different measures produced through the demographic pipeline ● Discuss mortality methods
1130 – 1230	Demography priority setting exercise ● Demonstration of GBD Compare views used for exploring life expectancy, HALE, mortality levels ● Participants utilize viz tools to explore outcomes in their country interest and conditions ● Instructor will bring the class together and lead discussion ● Individuals/groups will report out their findings to the group
1230 – 1330	Lunch
1330 – 1400	Causes of death overview and data sources (Part I) ● The importance of cause of death estimation ● Impact on health outcomes, policy-making, health systems, resource allocation
1400 – 1500	Causes of death overview and data sources (Part II) ● Types of data used in the estimation of COD in GBD by category  ● Availability of data in the ASEAN ● Ways to improve data quality, coverage, and collection in the ASEAN
1500 – 1515	Break
1515 – 1645	Cause of death analytical strategy and methods ● Cause of death analytical strategy ● Causes of death modelling o CODEm o Garbage coding ● CODCorrect
1645 – 1700	Wrap-up Q&A Agenda for the next day

TIME	Programme
0830 – 0900	Registration
0900 – 1030	Cause of death priority setting exercise ● Demonstration of GBD Compare views used for exploring death and YLL estimates ● Participants utilize viz tools to explore outcomes in their country of interest and conditions ● Instructor will bring the class together and lead discussion ● Individuals/groups will report out their findings to the group
1030 – 1100	Break
1100 – 1230	Non-fatal health outcomes overview and data sources ● The importance of non-fatal health outcomes estimation ● Impact on health outcomes, policy-making, health systems, resource allocation ● Types of data used in the estimation of non-fatal health outcomes in GBD by category: survey, registry, surveillance, administrative data, clinical data, linkage data   ● Availability of data in ASEAN ● Ways to improve data quality, coverage, and collection in the ASEAN ● Discuss specific actions for the future that can be taken to address any data challenges in the country   ● Analytical strategy overview
1230 – 1330	Lunch
1330 – 1500	Non-fatal health outcomes analytical strategy and method ● Analytical strategy ● Non-fatal health outcomes modelling o DisMod o Estimating severity o Disability weights o Comorbidity
1500 – 1515	Break
1515 – 1645	Non-fatal health outcomes priority setting exercise ● Demonstration of GBD Compare views used for prevalence and YLDs estimates ● Participants utilize viz tools to explore outcomes in their country interest and conditions ● Instructor will bring the class together and lead discussion ● Individuals/groups will report out their findings to the group
1645 – 1700	Wrap-up Q&A Agenda for the next day

TIME	Programme
0830 – 0900	Registration
0900 – 1030	Risk factor overview and data sources ● The importance of risk factor estimation ● Impact on health outcomes, policy-making, health systems, resource allocation ● Types of data used in the estimation of risk factors in GBD ● Availability of data in ASEAN ● How to improve data quality, coverage, and collection in ASEAN  ● Discuss specific actions for the future that can be taken to address any data challenges in ASEAN
1030 – 1100	Break
1100 – 1230	Risk factor analytical strategy and methods ● Analytical strategy ● Risk factor modelling o Risk factor outcome pairing o Scoring strength of evidence o TMREL o PAFs
1230 – 1330	Lunch
1330 – 1430	Risk factors priority setting exercise ● Demonstration of GBD Compare views used for DALYs and risk factors ● Participants utilize viz tools to explore outcomes in their country interest and conditions ● Instructor will bring the class together and lead discussion ● Individuals/groups will report out their findings to the group
1430 – 1445	Workshop recap ● Demonstration of GBD Compare views used for DALYs and risk factors ● Participants utilize viz tools to explore outcomes in their country interest and conditions ● Instructor will bring the class together and lead discussion ● Individuals/groups will report out their findings to the group
1445 – 1500	Break
1500 – 1545	Synthesizing priority setting exercise ● Generate coherent policy message ● Derive policy implications and action items ● Instructor will bring the class together and lead discussion o Individuals/groups will report out their findings to the group
1545 – 1600	Wrap-up Q&A