Strengthening of local vital events registration: Lessons learnt from a voluntary sector initiative in a district in southern India;Renforcement de l'enregistrement local des événements relatifs à l'état civil: Leçons tirées d'une initiative de la vie associative dans un district d'inde du sud

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 379-384

  Mony, Prem ^a   Sankar, Kiruba ^a   Thomasa, Tinku ^a   Vaz, Mario ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LEARNING; LEGISLATION; MORTALITY; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; STAKEHOLDER; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GOVERNMENT; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REGISTRATION; VITAL STATISTICS;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INSERVICE TRAINING; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

INDIA;

EID: 79955946384     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.10.083972     Document Type: Article

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