Global burden of disease

Do you know or have you heard of anyone killed by air pollution? Is there an International Classification of Disease Code for air pollution?

The GBD’s objectives are

You got to love big numbers and what could concern us more than global death tolls; can you say “pandemic?” The World Health Organization tallies the global burden of disease (GBD) and has indicated that 70% is attributable to non-communicable dis

A new analysis looks at the impact of diet, writ large, on the “global burden of disease,” that is to say what in our diet is linked [1] to disease and to what extent.