Vital registration in rural Africa: Is there a way forward to report on health targets of the Millennium Development Goals?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 301-309

  Zachariah, R ^a   Mwagomba, B ^b   Misinde, D ^a   Mandere, B C ^c   Bemeyani, A ^c   Ginindza, T ^a   Cortier, H ^d   Bissel, K ^e   Jahn, A ^f   Harries, A D ^e,g  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^c District Health Assembly   (Malawi)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^e INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^f International Training and Education Center on HIV   (United States)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deaths; Malawi; Millennium Development Goals; Village; Vital registration

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; MALAWI; REGISTRATION; RURAL AREA; UNITED NATIONS; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 79956086361     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.03.002     Document Type: Review

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