Methodological Framework for World Health Organization Estimates of the Global Burden of Foodborne Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group (FERG) was established in 2007 by the World Health Organization to estimate the global burden of foodborne diseases (FBDs). This paper describes the methodological framework developed by FERG's Computational Task Force to transform epidemiological information into FBD burden estimates.

Methods and findings

The global and regional burden of 31 FBDs was quantified, along with limited estimates for 5 other FBDs, using Disability-Adjusted Life Years in a hazard- and incidence-based approach. To accomplish this task, the following workflow was defined: outline of disease models and collection of epidemiological data; design and completion of a database template; development of an imputation model; identification

SUBMITTER: Devleesschauwer B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4668830 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature