The use of continuous surveys to generate and continuously report high quality timely maternal and newborn health data at the district level in Tanzania and Uganda

Implementation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Marchant, Tanya ^a   Schellenberg, Joanna ^a   Peterson, Stefan ^b,c,d   Manzi, Fatuma ^e   Waiswa, Peter ^b,c   Hanson, Claudia ^a,b   Temu, Silas ^e   Darious, Kajjo ^c   Sedekia, Yovitha ^e   Akuze, Joseph ^c   Rowe, Alexander K ^f  

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

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous survey; Maternal and newborn health; Quality improvement; Tanzania; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TANZANIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UGANDA;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 84910103064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-014-0112-1     Document Type: Article

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