The Mortality Situation in Cameroun
In: African population studies: Etude de la Population Africaine, Band 10, Heft 1
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In: African population studies: Etude de la Population Africaine, Band 10, Heft 1
In: African population studies: Etude de la Population Africaine, Band 23, Heft 2
In: Journal of contemporary African studies, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 291-293
ISSN: 0258-9001
In: African population studies: Etude de la Population Africaine, Band 22, Heft 2
The Millennium Declaration, adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2000, set a series of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as priorities for UN member countries, committing governments to realising eight major MDGs and 18 associated targets by 2015. Progress towards these goals is being assessed by tracking a series of 48 technical indicators that have since been unanimously adopted by experts. This concept paper outlines the role member Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSSs) of the INDEPTH Network could play in monitoring progress towards achieving the MDGs. The unique qualities of the data generated by HDSSs lie in the fact that they provide an opportunity to measure or evaluate interventions longitudinally, through the long-term follow-up of defined populations.
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In: Population review: demography of developing countries, Band 56, Heft 1
ISSN: 1549-0955
In: African population studies: Etude de la Population Africaine, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 216
In: Bulletin of the World Health Organization: the international journal of public health = Bulletin de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, Band 99, Heft 12, S. 855-864
ISSN: 1564-0604
In: Journal of empirical research on human research ethics: JERHRE ; an international journal, Band 10, Heft 3, S. 324-333
ISSN: 1556-2654
The International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH) is a global network of research centers that conduct longitudinal health and demographic evaluation of populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) currently in 52 health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) field sites situated in sub-Saharan Africa (14 countries), Asia (India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia), and Oceania (Papua New Guinea). Through this network of HDSS field sites, INDEPTH is capable of producing reliable longitudinal data about the lives of people in the research communities as well as how development policies and programs affect those lives. The aim of the INDEPTH Data Repository is to enable INDEPTH member centers and associated researchers to contribute and share fully documented, high-quality datasets with the scientific community and health policy makers.
In: Journal of contemporary African studies, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 277-294
ISSN: 1469-9397
In: Studies in family planning: a publication of the Population Council, Band 51, Heft 2, S. 177-192
ISSN: 1728-4465
AbstractThe adolescent birth rate (ABR) is an important indicator of maternal health, adolescent sexual health, and gender equity; it remains high in sub‐Saharan Africa. While Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) are the main source of ABR estimates, Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) also produce ABRs. Studies are lacking, however, to assess the ease of access and accuracy of HDSS ABR measures. In this paper, we use birth and exposure data from 10 HDSS in six African countries to compute local ABRs and compare these rates to DHS regional rates where the HDSS sites are located, standardizing by education and place of residence. In rural HDSS sites, the ABR measure is on average 44 percent lower than the DHS measure, after controlling for education and place of residence. Strong temporary migration of childless young women out of rural areas and different capacities in capturing temporarily absent women in the DHS and HDSS could explain this discrepancy. Further comparisons based on more strictly similar populations and measures seem warranted.