The Lives Saved Tool
LiST is a multi-cause
model of mortality
LiST predicts changes in
country-specific …
• Under-five and
neonatal mortality
rates
• Maternal mortality
rates and ratios
• Stillbirth rates
• Causes of death
• Stunting and wasting
levels
A tool to model the impact of
scaling up health and nutrition
interventions
LiST can be used for …
Prospective analysis
•
Strategic planning
•
Predicting lives saved
Retrospective analysis
•
Evaluation
•
Attribution
Using data on …
• Changes in the
coverage of MNCH&N
interventions
• Country-specific health
status
• Effect sizes of
interventions based on
best available evidence
Validation studies
Where do LiST data come from?
COUNTRY-SPECIFIC DATA
GLOBAL DATA
Population data and trends
Intervention effectiveness
•
Default source: UN
data
Population Division
•
Default source:
1950-2050 (DemProj)
Systematic reviews,
Cause of death structure
meta-analyses, Delphi
•
Default source: WHO /
estimation, RCTs
UNICEF / CHERG (2015)
Intervention coverage
•
Default source: DHS /
Users can enter their own
MICS / JMP / WHOdata to replace any of the
UNICEF
default data sources
Mortality rates
•
Default source: IGME
See also:
• Larsen DA, et al. Comparison of Lives Saved Tool model child mortality
estimates against measured data from vector control studies in subSaharan Africa. BMC Public Health 2011, 11(Suppl 3): S34.
• Amouzou A, et al. How well does LiST capture mortality by wealth
quintile? A comparison of measured versus modelled mortality rates
among children under-five in Bangladesh. Intl Journal of Epidemiology
2010, 39(Suppl 1): i186-92.
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LiST was developed by a consortium of academic and international organizations led by the Institute for
International Programs (IIP) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.