Health and demographic surveillance systems

• Verfasst von: Yé, Yazoumé [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Sankoh, Osman A. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Health and demographic surveillance systems
• Titelzusatz: a step towards full civil registration and vital statistics system in sub-Sahara Africa?
• Verf.angabe: Yazoume Ye, Marilyn Wamukoya, Alex Ezeh, Jacques B.O. Emina and Osman Sankoh
• Fussnoten: Published: 5 September 2012 ; Gesehen am 27.06.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: BMC public health
• Jahr Quelle: 2012
• Band/Heft Quelle: 12(2012) Artikel-Nummer 741, 11 Seiten
• ISSN Quelle: 1471-2458
• DOI: doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-741
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1576919846

Abstract

In the developed world, information on vital events is routinely collected nationally to inform population and health policies. However, in many low-and middle-income countries, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), there is a lack of effective and comprehensive national civil registration and vital statistics system. In the past decades, the number of Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSSs) has increased throughout SSA. An HDSS monitors births, deaths, causes of death, migration, and other health and socio-economic indicators within a defined population over time. Currently, the International Network for the Continuous Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH) brings together 38 member research centers which run 44 HDSS sites from 20 countries in Africa, Asia and Oceana. Thirty two of these HDSS sites are in SSA.