This article presents a correction to the publication titled „Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019“, which appeared in The Lancet in 2020. Specifically, it concerns a Viewpoint article where an error was identified. The correction relates to the affiliation of author Morteza Shamsizadeh. His correct affiliation should have been „Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran“. This correction was made to the online version of the article as of June 18, 2026.