Modernising vital registration systems: Why now?

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9875, 2013, Pages 1336-1337

  Oomman, Nandini ^a   Mehl, Garrett ^b   Berg, Matt ^c   Silverman, Rachel ^d  

^a Independent Consultant   (Viet Nam)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOTE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 84876283110     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60847-8     Document Type: Note

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