Establishing and implementing Demographic Surveillance System as a tool for monitoring health interventions in Korogwe District, north-eastern Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-17

  Kamugisha, Mathias L ^a   Mmbando, Bruno P ^a   Francis, Filbert ^a   Ishengoma, Deus S ^a   Challe, Daniel P ^a   Lemnge, Martha M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Demographic surveillance; Health; Interventions; Monitoring; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; DIPHTHERIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84930472900     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v13i4.1     Document Type: Article

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