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Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Nahuche Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Northern Nigeria (Nahuche HDSS) [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2014
The Nahuche Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) study site, established in 2009 with 137 823 individuals is located in Zamfara State, north western Nigeria. North-West Nigeria is a region with one of the worst maternal and child health indicators in Nigeria.
Olatunji, Alabi, Henry V, Doctor, Abdulazeez, Jumare, Nasiru, Sahabi, Ahmad, Abdulwahab, Sally E, Findley, Sani D, Abubakar   +6 more
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The Burden of Malnutrition among Adults Residing in Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS): A WHO STEPS Survey

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2020
Background. Malnutrition is one of the main underlying risk factors for the deaths due to different diseases. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and factors associated with underweight and overweight among adults residing in Arba Minch ...
Befikadu Tariku Gutema, Adefris Chuka, Mekdes Kondale, Gistane Ayele, Mesfin Kote, Zerihun Zerdo, Behailu Merdekios, Tsegaye Tsala, Alazar Baharu, Gebresilasea Gendisha Ukke   +9 more
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The social dimensions of community delivery of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

BMJ Global Health, 2022
Introduction Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulphadoxine pyrimethamine (IPTp) is a key malaria prevention strategy in sub-Saharan African countries.
Khatia Munguambe, Charfudin Sacoor, Martin Meremikwu, Elaine Roman, Franco Pagnoni, Clara Menendez, Ogonna Nwankwo, Yara Alonso, Wade Lusengi, Manu F Manun’Ebo, Aimée M Rasoamananjaranahary, Noroharifetra Madison Rivontsoa, Estêvão Mucavele, Neusa Torres, Hope Okebalama, Ugo James Agbor, Cristina Enguita-Fernàndez   +16 more
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The chunampet community health information management system: A health and demographic surveillance system from a rural South India

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2021
BACKGROUND: Developed countries have strong health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS), whereas there is a dearth of such system in developing countries like India.
A. Newtonraj, A. Purty, A. Vincent, M. Manikandan, J. Bazroy, R. Konduru, M. Natesan   +6 more
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Profile: Agincourt Health and Socio-demographic Surveillance System [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2012
The Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system (HDSS), located in rural northeast South Africa close to the Mozambique border, was established in 1992 to support district health systems development led by the post-apartheid ministry of health.
Kahn, K., Collinson, M. A., Gomez-Olive, F. X., Mokoena, O., Twine, R., Mee, P., Afolabi, S. A., Clark, B. D., Kabudula, C. W., Khosa, A., Khoza, S., Shabangu, M. G., Silaule, B., Tibane, J. B., Wagner, R. G., /Garenne, Michel, Clark, S. J., Tollman, S. M.   +17 more
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First experiences in the implementation of biometric technology to link data from Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems with health facility data. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: In developing countries, Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSSs) provide a framework for tracking demographic and health dynamics over time in a defined geographical area.
Adwoa Serwaa-Bonsu, Herbst, Abraham J, Benjamin Clark, Reniers, Georges, Clark, Benjamin, Ijaa, Wilfred, Wilfred Ijaa, Georges Reniers, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Serwaa-Bonsu, Adwoa, Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa, Abraham J. Herbst, Osman Sankoh, Sankoh, Osman   +13 more
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Socio-demographic Determinants of Overweight and Obesity Among Mothers of Primary School Children Living in a Rural Health and Demographic Surveillance System Site, South Africa

The Open Public Health Journal, 2020
South Africa continues to have significant high prevalence rate of overweight/obesity relative to its African counterparts, particularly, among women, owing to several factors such as nutrition transition and socio-demographic factors.
Perpetua Modjadji
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Termination of pregnancy data completeness and feasibility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Termination of pregnancy (TOP) is a common cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Population-based surveys are the major data source for TOP data in LMICs but are known to have shortcomings that require ...
Yeetey Akpe Kwesi Enuameh, Francis Dzabeng, Hannah Blencowe, Sanne M. Thysen, Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Kwaku Poku Asante, Charlotte Tawiah, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Wisdom Adeapena, Doris Kwesiga, Simon Kasasa, Charles Zandoh, Md. Ali Imam, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Sam K. Newton, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Joy E. Lawn, Peter Waiswa, Jenny A. Cresswell, the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group   +19 more
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The Ballabgarh Health and Demographic Surveillance System (CRHSP-AIIMS) [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2013
The Ballabgarh Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), also known as the Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project (CRHSP) Ballabgarh, is located in north India and was established in 1961 to develop a model for rural health-care practice in India.
Shashi, Kant, Puneet, Misra, Sanjeev, Gupta, Kiran, Goswami, Anand, Krishnan, Baridalyne, Nongkynrih, Sanjay Kumar, Rai, Rahul, Srivastava, Chandrakant S, Pandav   +8 more
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Should data from demographic surveillance systems be made more widely available to researchers? [PDF]

, 2008
Demographic surveillance--the process of monitoring births, deaths, causes of deaths, and migration in a population over time--is one of the cornerstones of public health research, particularly in investigating and tackling health disparities.
Zaba, B, Alan D Lopez, Daniel Chandramohan, Setel, Philip, Snow, Robert, Cairncross, S, Setel, P, Christopher J L Murray, Snow, Robert W, Murray, CJL, Shibuya, K, Murray, Christopher J.L., Christopher J. L Murray, Lopez, Alan D, Snow, RW, Robert W Snow, Snow, Robert W., Fred Binka, Lopez, AD, Shibuya, Kenji; id_orcid, Binka, Fred, Zaba, Basia, Lopez, Alan D., Chandramohan, D, Chandramohan, Daniel, Murray, Christopher J. L., Kenji Shibuya, Binka, F, Shibuya, Kenji, Cairncross, Sandy, Murray, Christopher JL, Murray, CJ, Philip Setel, Sandy Cairncross, Basia Zaba   +34 more
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