Using the INDEPTH HDSS to build capacity for chronic non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance in low and middle-income countries

Global Health Action

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-18

  Ng, Nawi ^a   Van Minh, Hoang ^b   Juvekar, Sanjay ^c   Razzaque, Abdur ^d   Bich, Tran Huu ^e   Kanungsukkasem, Uraiwan ^f   Ashraf, Ali ^g   Ahmed, Syed Masud ^h   Soonthornthada, Kusol ^f  

^a Purworejo Health and Demographic Surveillance System   (Indonesia)

^b Filabavi Health and Demographic Surveillance System   (Viet Nam)

^c Vadu Health and Demographic Surveillance System   (India)

^d Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System   (Bangladesh)

^e Chililab Health and Demographic Surveillance System   (Viet Nam)

^f Kanchanaburi Health and Demographic Surveillance System   (Thailand)

^g AMK Health and Demographic Surveillance System   (Bangladesh)

^h WATCH Health and Demographic Surveillance System   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Chronic non communicable diseases; INDEPTH Network; Low middle income countries; Risk factor surveillance; WHO STEPS

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951849806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v2i0.1984     Document Type: Article

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