Malaria mortality in Africa and Asia: Evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kim Streatfield, P ^a,b,c   Khan, Wasif A ^a,b,c   Bhuiya, Abbas ^a,b,c   Hanifi, Syed M A ^a,b,c   Alam, Nurul ^a,b,c   Diboulo, Eric ^a,c,d   Sié, Ali ^a,c,d   Yé, Maurice ^a,c,d   Compaoré, Yacouba ^a,c,e   Soura, Abdramane B ^a,c,e   Bonfoh, Bassirou ^a,c,f   Jaeger, Fabienne ^a,c,g   Ngoran, Eliezer K ^a,c,h   Utzinger, Juerg ^a,c,g   Melaku, Yohannes A ^a,c,i   Mulugeta, Afework ^a,c,i   Weldearegawi, Berhe ^a,c,i   Gomez, Pierre ^a,c,j   Jasseh, Momodou ^a,c,j   Hodgson, Abraham ^a,c,k   Oduro, Abraham ^a,c,k   Welaga, Paul ^a,c,k   Williams, John ^a,c,k   Awini, Elizabeth ^a,c,l,m   Binka, Fred N ^a,c,m   Gyapong, Margaret ^a,c,m   Kant, Shashi ^a,c,n   Misra, Puneet ^a,c,n   Srivastava, Rahul ^a,c,n   Chaudhary, Bharat ^a,c,o   Juvekar, Sanjay ^a,c,o   Wahab, Abdul ^a,c,p   Wilopo, Siswanto ^a,c,p   Bauni, Evasius ^a,c,q   Mochamah, George ^a,c,q   Ndila, Carolyne ^a,c,q   Williams, Thomas N ^a,c,q,r   Hamel, Mary J ^a,c,s   Lindblade, Kim A ^a,c,s   Odhiambo, Frank O ^a,c,s   Slutsker, Laurence ^a,c,s   Ezeh, Alex ^a,c,t   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^a,c,t   Wamukoya, Marylene ^a,c,t   Delaunay, Valérie ^a,c,u   Diallo, Aldiouma ^a,c,u   Douillot, Laetitia ^a,c,u   Sokhna, Cheikh ^a,c,u   Gómez Olivé, F Xavier ^a,c,v   Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa W ^a,c,v   Mee, Paul ^a,c,v   Herbst, Kobus ^a,c,w   Mossong, Joël ^a,c,w,x   Chuc, Nguyen T K ^a,c,y   Arthur, Samuelina S ^c   Sankoh, Osman A ^c,y,z   Tanner, Marcel ^aa   Byass, Peter ^v   more..

^a Matlab HDSS ^*  (Viet Nam)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

^d Nouna Health Research Centre   (Burkina Faso)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^f CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^g SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Biologique UFR SSMT Université Fé Lix Houphouët Boigny   (Côte d’Ivoire)

ⁱ MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^j MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^k NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^l Dodowa Health Research Centre   (Ghana)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

ⁿ ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^o KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^p GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^q KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^r ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^t AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^u INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^v UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^w UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^x National Public Health Laboratory Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

^y HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^z UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^aa UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

Africa; Asia; Indepth network; Inter VA; Malaria; Mortality; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ASIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84940373840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.25369     Document Type: Article

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