Monitoring of health and demographic outcomes in poor urban settlements: Evidence from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Emina, Jacques ^a,b   Beguy, Donatien ^b   Zulu, Eliya M ^b   Ezeh, Alex C ^b   Muindi, Kanyiva ^b   Elung'Ata, Patricia ^b   Otsola, John K ^c   Yé, Yazoumé ^d  

^a African Institute for Development Policy AFIDEP   (Kenya)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^c ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ICF Macro   (United States)

Author keywords

Health and demographic indicators; Health and demographic surveillance system; Kenya; Korogocho; Nairobi; Urban slum; Viwandani

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY AREAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052960576     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9594-1     Document Type: Article

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