In 2020, Archives of Public Health launched a new article collection focusing on the burden of disease. This collection aimed to provide a platform for discussing methodological challenges and advances in the burden of disease approach.
In addition to the open call for manuscripts, we present a series of invited manuscripts that will take the reader from data to policy, and from theory to applications.
A first set of invited manuscripts has now been published, providing unique insights in how the burden of disease approach has been applied across the world. This set includes a historical overview of the development, expansion and integration of the burden of disease approach at the World Health Organization, as well as two reports from countries that have been at the forefront of implementing burden of disease approach at the national level – i.e., the Netherlands and Australia. These stories document the iterative, stepwise processes behind the translation of theory to applications, as well as challenges, but also success stories, in translating data to policies.
In addition to the invited manuscripts, several other burden of disease manuscripts have been published. We have provide an overview of these manuscripts on our website.
Happy reading,
Brecht
