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Cost and results of information systems for health and poverty indicators in the United Republic of Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2005
To examine the costs of complementary information generation activities in a resource-constrained setting and compare the costs and outputs of information subsystems that generate the statistics on poverty, health and survival required for monitoring ...
Boerma, Ties, Yusuf Hemed, Vanessa Rommelmann, Rommelmann, Vanessa, Philip W. Setel, David Whiting, Whiting, David, Setel, Philip W, Ties Boerma, Hemed, Yusuf, Mponezya, Hamisi, Gustavo Angeles, Angeles, Gustavo, Setel, Philip W., Hamisi Mponezya   +14 more
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Gestational age data completeness, quality and validity in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Preterm birth (gestational age (GA)
M. Moinuddin Haider, Kaiser Mahmud, Hannah Blencowe, Tahmeed Ahmed, Joseph Akuze, Simon Cousens, Nafisa Delwar, Ane B. Fisker, Victoria Ponce Hardy, S. M. Tafsir Hasan, Md. Ali Imam, Dan Kajungu, Md Alfazal Khan, Justiniano S. D. Martins, Quamrun Nahar, Obed Ernest A. Nettey, Adane Kebede Tesega, Judith Yargawa, Nurul Alam, Joy E. Lawn, the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

The economic costs of malaria in pregnancy: evidence from four sub-Saharan countries [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Gates Open Research, 2023
Background Malaria in pregnancy is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which imposes a significant economic burden. We provide evidence on the costs of malaria care in pregnancy to households and the health system in four high ...
Martin Meremikwu, Laia Cirera, Manu F. Manun’Ebo, Louise Ranaivo, Osvaldo Matavele, Dachi Arikpo, Charfudin Sacoor, Didier Ndombe, Victor Rafaralahy, Maximo Ramirez, Clara Pons Duran, Raquel González, Francesco Ramponi, Elaine Roman, Christina Maly, Franco Pagnoni, Elisa Sicuri, Clara Menéndez   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

The double burden of malnutrition in a rural health and demographic surveillance system site in South Africa: a study of primary schoolchildren and their mothers

BMC Public Health, 2019
BackgroundIn South Africa, the occurrence of the double burden of malnutrition is on the rise at a household level predisposing children and their mothers to negative health outcomes.
Perpetua Modjadji, S. Madiba
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence of heavy episodic drinking and associated factors among adults residing in Arba Minch health and demographic surveillance site: a cross sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Alcohol consumption is associated with different types of illnesses; particularly heavy episodic drinking is one of the risk factors for the disease burden of alcohol intake.
Befikadu Tariku Gutema, Adefris Chuka, Gistane Ayele, Eshetu Zerhun Tariku, Zeleke Aschalew, Alazar Baharu, Nega Degefa, Mekdes Kondale Gurara   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of Human and Animal Fasciolosis in Butajira and Gilgel Gibe Health Demographic Surveillance System Sites in Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Fasciolosis is regarded as a major challenge to livestock productivity worldwide, but the burden of disease in humans has only started to receive some attention in the past three decades. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of human and
S. Abaya, S. T. Mereta, Fikirte Demissie Tulu, Z. Mekonnen, Mio Ayana, M. Girma, H. Vineer, S. Mor, C. Caminade, J. Graham-Brown   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence and determinants of contraceptive utilization among married women at Dabat Health and Demographic Surveillance System site, northwest Ethiopia

BMC Women's Health, 2018
BackgroundDespite the enormous benefits of family planning services, the contraceptive utilization still remains low in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is regional variation in modern contraceptive utilization in Ethiopia.
G. Alemayehu, Abel Fekadu, Mezgebu Yitayal, Y. Kebede, S. Abebe, T. Ayele, Zemichael Gizaw, Mamo Wubeshet, Kindie Fentahun Muchie, A. Gelagay, Temesgen Azmeraw, Melkamu Birku, Kassahun Alemu, Amare Tariku, T. Derso, A. Tesfahun, Nigusie Birhan Tebeje, Zemene Tigabu, Abebaw Gebeyehu, Getu Debalkie, G. Biks   +20 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparison of HIV Prevalence Estimates from Antenatal Care Surveillance and Population-Based Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2008
\ud In countries with generalized epidemics, national estimates of HIV prevalence levels and trends in the adult population are generally derived indirectly from surveillance of pregnant women attending selected antenatal care (ANC) clinics.
Mishra, Vinod, V Mishra, Hong, R, Montana, Livia, Rathavuth, Hong, Mishra, V, R Hong, L S Montana   +7 more
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Magnitude, trends and causes of maternal mortality among reproductive aged women in Kersa health and demographic surveillance system, eastern Ethiopia

BMC Women's Health, 2018
BackgroundDespite efforts at curbing maternal morbidity and mortality, developing countries are still burdened with high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality.
G. Tesfaye, D. Loxton, C. Chojenta, N. Assefa, Roger G. Smith   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Chi Linh Health and Demographic Surveillance System (CHILILAB HDSS) [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2013
The Chi Linh Health and Demographic Surveillance System (CHILILAB HDSS) is the only health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) in an urbanizing area of the Chi Linh district of Hai Duong, a northern province of Vietnam. It is one of the few field laboratories in the world that links operational research and health interventions with field ...
Bich Huu, Tran, Ha Thanh, Nguyen, Hien Thi, Ho, Cuong Viet, Pham, Vui Thi, Le, Anh Vu, Le   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources