Profile: The Karonga health and demographic surveillance system

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 676-685

  Crampin, Amelia C ^a,b,c,d   Dube, Albert ^a   Mboma, Sebastian ^a   Price, Alison ^a,b   Chihana, Menard ^a,b   Jahn, Andreas ^a,b,e   Baschieri, Angela ^b,f   Molesworth, Anna ^a,g   Mwaiyeghele, Elnaeus ^a   Branson, Keith ^b   Floyd, Sian ^b   Mcgrath, Nuala ^a,h   Fine, Paul E M ^a   French, Neil ^a,b,i   Glynn, Judith R ^b,d   Zaba, Basia ^b,c,d  

^a KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

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

^c Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

^d ALPHA network   (United Kingdom)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Census; Demography; Epidemiology; HIV; Life expectancy; Malawi; Mortality; Population dynamics; Sub Saharan Africa; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AGE CLASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENSUS; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERTILITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COOPERATION; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; KARONGA HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; MALAWI; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; VACCINATION; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

KARONGA; MALAWI;

EID: 84864527104     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys088     Document Type: Article

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