Document Type
Article
Department
Obstetrics and Gynaecology (East Africa); Population Health (East Africa)
Abstract
Why was the cohort set up?In many resource-constrained settings, availability of reli-able vital statistics and health information is limited bylack of proper system for civil registration and health infor-mation. This is further limited by the fact that the majorityof population health events, such as births, morbidity andmortality, occur outside the reach of these systems. In par-ticular, obtaining credible data from rural and remote ge-ographies can be even more constrained. The developmentof population-based surveillance systems in resource-constrained countries to monitor demographic and healthevents in these countries has as its basis the limited capac-ity of civil registration and health information systems.Locally rooted surveillance systems that are embedded inthe nexus of existing community structures and localhealth systems can serve to address this gap.
Publication ( Name of Journal)
International Journal of Epidemiology
Recommended Citation
Ngugi, A.,
Odhiambo, R.,
Agoi, F.,
Lakhani, A.,
Orwa, J.,
Obure, J.,
Mang’ong’o, D.,
Luchters, S.,
Munywoki, C.,
Omar, A.,
Temmerman, M.
(2020). Cohort Profile: The Kaloleni/Rabai Community Health and Demographic Surveillance System. International Journal of Epidemiology, 49(3), 758-759e.
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