Compiling mortality statistics from civil registration systems in Viet Nam: The long road ahead

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-65

  Rao, Chalapati ^a   Osterberger, Brigitta ^b   Anh, Tran Dam ^c   MacDonald, Malcolm ^d   Chúc, Nguyen Thi Kim ^e   Hill, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Health   (Australia)

^c Osaka Pharmaceutical Company   (Viet Nam)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

^e HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; MORTALITY; NEONATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEWBORN DEATH; REVIEW; VIET NAM;

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; MORTALITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGISTRIES; VIETNAM;

VIET NAM;

EID: 74549198627     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.061630     Document Type: Review

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