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Cohort Profile Update: Magu Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Tanzania. [PDF]

Int J Epidemiol
Urassa M, Marston M, Mangya C, Materu J, Elsabe D, Safari K, Kagoye S, Todd J, Boerma T.   +8 more
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Cohort Profile: Basse Health and Demographic Surveillance System, the Gambia. [PDF]

Int J Epidemiol
Ezeani ES, Gollam S, Mohammed N, Roca A, Hossain J, Hossain I, Saine AK, D'Alessandro U, Mackenzie G.   +8 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Cohort Profile: The Birhan Health and Demographic Surveillance System. [PDF]

Int J Epidemiol, 2022
Abstract The Birhan health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) was established to determine the magnitude and causes of morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia among pregnant and postpartum women and children. Located in the North Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region, the site includes 16 kebeles (villages) and spans two woredas ...
Bekele D, Hunegnaw BM, Bekele C, Van Wickle K, Tadesse F, Goddard FGB, Mohammed Y, Unninayar S, Chan GJ.   +8 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Profile of the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance System [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2012
Located in the Kassena-Nankana districts of northern Ghana, the Navrongo health and demographic surveillance system (NHDSS) was established in 1992 by the Navrongo health research centre (NHRC). The NHRC is one of three research centres of the Ghana health service. The activities and potential of the NHDSS for collaborative research are described.
George Wak, Daniel K Azongo, Abraham Oduro   +2 more
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Profile: The Rusinga Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Western Kenya [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2016
The health and demographic surveillance system on Rusinga Island, Western Kenya, was initiated in 2012 to facilitate a malaria intervention trial: the SolarMal project. The project aims to eliminate malaria from Rusinga Island using the nationwide adopted strategy for malaria control (insecticide-treated bed nets and case management) augmented with ...
Tobias Homan, Daniel Masiga
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Kasurdi health and demographic surveillance system: A profile and way forward

Indian Journal of Public Health, 2022
Kasurdi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kasurdi HDSS) was established at Rural Health Training Center Kasurdi on February 16, 2018. Kasurdi HDSS has been established to increase the research potential of medical colleges and develop real-time
Arun Kumar Yadav, T Prabhakar Teli, Sanjay K Juverkar, Rahul Kumar, Renuka Kunte, Dharamjeet Singh Faujdar   +5 more
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Are health and demographic surveillance system estimates sufficiently generalisable? [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2017
Sampling rules do not apply in a Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) that covers exhaustively a district-level population and is not meant to be representative of a national population.
Philippe Bocquier, Osman Sankoh, Peter Byass   +2 more
doaj   +4 more sources

The Addis Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Addis-HDSS): Context and Methods. [PDF]

Ethiop J Health Sci
BACKGROUND: Accurate population-based data is essential for evidence-based public health decision-making. Monitoring health events and evaluating interventions through a population-based platform enables timely decisions in rapidly growing urban areas. Such platforms are rare in African countries. This paper outlines the procedures for establishing the
Abdelmenan S, Berhane HY, Tsegaye S, Fasil N, Tewahido D, Shifraw T, Workneh F, Worku W, Berhane YY, Wang D, Partap U, Fawzi W, Demissie M, Worku A, Berhane Y.   +14 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

The rationale for Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in urban populations in Ethiopia. [PDF]

Ethiop J Health Sci
Editorial
Berhane Y, Abdelmenan S, Work A.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Protocol: Leveraging a demographic and health surveillance system for Covid-19 Surveillance in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Wellcome Open Research, 2020
A coordinated system of disease surveillance will be critical to effectively control the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Such systems enable rapid detection and mapping of epidemics and inform allocation of scarce prevention and intervention resources. Although many lower- and middle-income settings lack infrastructure for optimal disease
Guy Harling, Janet Seeley, Kobus Herbst   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources