Global Burden Of Disease Report Plays Vital Role In Health Surveillance, Gates Foundation Blog Post Says

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “The Optimist”: Worldwide in scope, but local in relevance, the Global Burden of Disease report is revolutionizing health surveillance
Journalist Ryan Bell discusses the role and importance of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) report in health surveillance, writing, “[T]he GBD represents a quantum leap in how health data is calculated and reported. … By putting global health into a worldwide context, the Global Burden of Disease is revealing subnational health trends that show health ministers where to take action” (May 2019).

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