A VGI-based Foodborn Disease Report and Forecast System

The foodborn disease, which is one of worldwide critical public health problem, is often underestimated via pre-existing survilliance systems due to low ratio of seeking medical service when foodborn disease take place. Voluteered Geographic information (VGI) provides potential value in data collection and data satisfaction as they are not collected or curated by traditional sources. This paper proposed a method of foodborn disease detection and risk mapping by using VGI. The method include a data collection system and a risk mapping system To perfect of foodborne disease prediction and report based on VGI theory system, we describe the basis of VGI foodborne disease information uploading, filtering and analyzing. In addition, specification of VGI foodborne diseases detection information, the current problems and the development trend of foodborne diseases based on VGI prediction and reporting are discussed. To a certain extent, the open and transparent information about the distribution of foodborne illness outbreak contributes to the development of disease prevention and post-outbreak care. VGI is becoming a more convenient and efficient method for the prediction and reporting of foodborne illness.