Demographic and health surveillance of mobile pastoralists in Chad: Integration of biometric fingerprint identification into a geographical information system

Geospatial Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-124

  Weibel, Daniel ^a   Schelling, Esther ^a   Bonfoh, Bassirou ^b   Utzinger, Jürg ^a   Hattendorf, Jan ^a   Abdoulaye, Mahamat ^c   Madjiade, Toguina ^c   Zinsstag, Jakob ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c Centre de Support en Sant International   (Chad)

Author keywords

Biometric fingerprint; Biometric identification system; Chad; Demographic surveillance; Geographical information system; Mobile livestock production system; Nomadic pastoralists

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHAD; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; SEASON; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BIOMETRY; CHAD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOGLYPHICS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SEASONS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849110347     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2008.237     Document Type: Article

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