Disease burden and surveillance
A critical tool in determining the most efficient strategy for fighting specific illnesses is disease burden data. This information can provide governments, nongovernmental organizations, funders, and other stakeholders with a sense of which diseases are affecting a population, how many people are affected by a particular disease, and where funding may be most needed.
View resources on disease burden and surveillance
Key resources
Estimated Global Mortality Associated With the First 12 Months of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A H1N1 Virus Circulation: A Modelling Study (2012)
An article that estimates the global mortality associated with the first 12 months of the 2009 influenza A/H1N1 virus pandemic.
Definition and Characterization of Localised Meningitis Epidemics in Burkina Faso: A Longitudinal Retrospective Study (2012)
An article that presents a definition for localized meningitis epidemics to be used in the African meningitis belt.
Rotavirus Surveillance Worldwide - 2009 (2011)
An article that presents rotavirus disease burden data collected from 43 countries in 2009.
Page last updated: December 2012.
