Benedetta Armocida

About

Public health professional working at the Department of Cardiovascular, Endocrine-metabolic Diseases and Aging of the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS).
Medical Doctor by background, with a master in tropical medicine and global health, and currently a PhD candidate in Global Health at University of Geneva. Enrolled in the Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+).
Student representative and a member of Student Body Representatives of SSPH+ Academic Board.
Involved in the Italian Global Burden of Disease Initiative, the Lancet Commission on Gender Based Violence and Maltreatment of Young People (Italian Case study) and the Lancet Migration European Hub.
Main research topics: non-communicable diseases, adolescent health, migrant health, gender-based violence, and global health policy.
In line with the principle of leaving no one behind, I am professionally motivated to improve the global health agenda, and to dedicate and advocate for a better health for everyone, everywhere.

Employment

• Istituto Superiore di Sanità Senior Researcher
  2022 - Present
• IRCCS Materno Infantile Burlo Garofolo Research assistant
  2021 - 2022
• IRCCS Materno Infantile Burlo Garofolo Research assistant
  2018 - 2020

Education

Education history is unavailable.

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (40)

• Interpersonal violence injuries among children and adolescents in the European Union from 1990 to 2023, a Global Burden of Disease study
  European Journal of Public Health 2026 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckag078
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• Protecting Europe’s prevention infrastructure in the next EU budget
  European Journal of Public Health 2026 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckag142
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• Gender inequalities and the burden of anorexia and bulimia in Europe, 1990–2023: findings from the global burden of disease study 2023
  European Journal of Public Health 2026 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckag069
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• Enhancing Global Burden of Disease Estimates With Collaborative Data Insights: A Case Study of Type 1 Diabetes in Finland
  Journal of Adolescent Health 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2025.11.023
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• Embedding equity and diversity principles in a complex multinational setting: methods, tools, capacity development and experiences from the first year of the Joint Action on Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes (JACARDI)
  BMJ Global Health 2025 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019829
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• Advancing Europe's non-communicable diseases agenda through cross-national collaboration: translating WHO-Europe findings into actionable strategies
  The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101361
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• Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
  Kanyin Liane Ong, Lauryn K Stafford, Susan A. McLaughlin +97 more
  The Lancet 2023 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)01301-6
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• The unfinished agenda of communicable diseases among children and adolescents before the COVID-19 pandemic, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
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  The Lancet 2023 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)00860-7
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• Time-Trends in Air Pollution Impact on Health in Italy, 1990–2019: An Analysis From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
  Sara Conti, Carla Fornari, Pietro Ferrara +53 more
  International Journal of Public Health 2023 DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1605959
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• Italian good practice recommendations on management of persons with Long-COVID
  Frontiers in Public Health 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1122141
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• Clinical, anamnestic, and sociodemographic predictors of positive SARS-CoV-2 testing in children: A cross sectional study in a tertiary hospital in Italy
  PLOS ONE 2022 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262923
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• Burden of non-communicable diseases among adolescents aged 10–24 years in the EU, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2019
  Benedetta Armocida, Lorenzo Monasta, Susan Sawyer +97 more
  The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health 2022 DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00073-6
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• COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage in Italy: How Many Hospitalisations and Related Costs Could Have Been Saved If We Were All Vaccinated?
  Frontiers in Public Health 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.825416
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• Decarbonization of the Italian healthcare system and European funds. A lost opportunity?
  Frontiers in Public Health 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1037122
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• Diabetes mortality and trends before 25 years of age: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
  Ewerton Cousin, Bruce B Duncan, Caroline Stein +97 more
  The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology 2022 DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00349-1
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• Older people: forgotten victims amid the Ukrainian humanitarian disaster
  The Lancet Public Health 2022 DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00087-1
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• Outcomes of induction versus spontaneous onset of labour at 40 and 41 GW: findings from a prospective database, Sri Lanka
  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2022 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-04800-1
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• Redistribution of garbage codes to underlying causes of death: A systematic analysis on Italy and a comparison with most populous Western European countries based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
  European Journal of Public Health 2022 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab194
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• The burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders and self-harm among young people in Europe, 1990–2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
  Giulio Castelpietra, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Emilie Elisabet Agardh +97 more
  The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100341
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• Vaccines hesitancy in Africa: how COVID-19 pandemic may affect malaria vaccination campaigns
  Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene 2022 DOI: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2022.63.1.2420
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