Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Magu Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Magu HDSS)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1851-1861

  Kishamawe, Coleman ^a   Isingo, Raphael ^a   Mtenga, Baltazar ^a   Zaba, Basia ^b   Todd, Jim ^b   Clark, Benjamin ^b   Changalucha, John ^a   Urassa, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

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

Author keywords

Demography; Fertility; INDEPTH network; Magu; Migration; Mortality; Sero survey; Tanzania; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FERTILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA; TANZANIA; VERBAL AUTOPSY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV INFECTIONS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962746053     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv188     Document Type: Article

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