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
Coordinated Surveillance and Detection of Pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) Disease in Developing Countries (2008)
A
supplemental issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases that provides numerous articles on the surveillance and detection of pneumococcal and Hib disease in developing countries.
Global Immunization Data (2009)
An overview of global immunization coverage in 2008 based on the latest WHO and United Nations Children's Fund estimates.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
A regular report published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with up-to-date information on disease surveillance in the United States and globally.
Weekly Epidemiological Record
Similar to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, this regular WHO publication contains global disease surveillance information.
Page last updated: November 2009.
