Health and demographic surveillance systems: Contributing to an understandingof the dynamics in migration and health

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gerritsen, Annette ^a,b   Bocquier, Philippe ^a,c   White, Michael ^d   Mbacke, Cheikh ^e   Alam, Nurul ^f   Beguy, Donatien ^g   Odhiambo, Frank ^h   Sacoor, Charfudin ⁱ   Phuc, Ho Dang ^j   Punpuing, Sureeporn ^k,l   Collinson, Mark A ^a,b,m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Iganga Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Independent Consultant   (Senegal)

^f Icddr B   (Bangladesh)

^g AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^h KEMRI CDC Public Health and Research Collaboration   (Kenya)

ⁱ Manhi a HDSS   (Mozambique)

^j GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^k Kanchanaburi HDSS   (Thailand)

^l MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^m UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Determinants; Events history analysis; Health and demographic surveillance system; Migration; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; DETERMINANTS; EVENT HISTORY ANALYSIS; HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

DETERMINANTS; EVENT HISTORY ANALYSIS; HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; MIGRATION; MORTALITY;

EID: 84886255474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.21496     Document Type: Article

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