The Global Burden of Disease assessments--WHO is responsible?

• Main Authors: Claudia Stein (Author), Tanja Kuchenmüller (Author), Saskia Hendrickx (Author), Annette Prüss-Ustün (Author), Lara Wolfson (Author), Dirk Engels (Author), Jørgen Schlundt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) concept has been used by the World Health Organization (WHO) for its reporting on health information for nearly 10 years. The GBD approach results in a single summary measure of morbidity, disability, and mortality, the so-called disability-adjusted life year (DALY...