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Much of the developing world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, is characterised by incomplete or no vital registration systems. With the majority of deaths occurring at home in such poor settings, they are usually not registered and causes of death are hardly…

Arthur S, Bangha M, Sankoh O (INDEPTH Network) . Trop Med Int Health. 2013 Dec;18(12):1463-87. doi: 10.1111 DETAILS Website: NCBI

The uniquely robust data generated by INDEPTH member centres have helped make the Millennium Development Goal of reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015 achievable. By identifying how the virus has spread, which population groups are hardest hit, and how…

Improving policies and practice for malaria management, prevention and control. ATTACHMENTS KEMRI Improving policies and practice for malaria management, prevention and control final.pdf

Improving Policies for Home Management of Fevers in Children Under-five Years in Ghana Dodowa Health Research Centre (DHRC) ATTACHMENTS dhrc_ improving_policies for home management of fevers.pdf

Integrating Data from INDEPTH Network’s Health and Demographic Surveillance System Centres And Multiple Household Surveys to Monitoring Vital Events in Kenya ATTACHMENTS SECRETARIAT Integrating data from INDEPTH Network’s Health final.pdf

Twenty-nine researchers from 18 African Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) sites gathered last month in Accra, Ghana for an adolescent fertility data analysis workshop. The workshop was organized by the INDEPTH Network, a global network of 49 HDSS field…

HDSS centres in India are looking forward to provide policy relevant output in the field of health and demography and envisage complimenting government’s efforts for enhancing public health research in India that will help develop evidence based, health policies and…

There has been a lot of enthusiasm in recent times from various stakeholders and interest groups on the need for more human and material resources to address the numerous health challenges in developing countries. On another hand, the pressure for…

The INDEPTH Network, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, has developed a verbal autopsy (VA) tool for determining causes of death in settings where civil registration of vital statistics are incomplete or non-existent. This work has had significant global impact on…