Sökning: "Death surveillance"

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1. 1. Maternal Death Surveillance and Response in Tanzania : Challenges to successful implementation

   Författare :Ali Said; Mats Målqvist; Claudia Hanson; Siriel Massawe; Andrea B Pembe; Jos van Roosmale; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Maternal death; Maternal death surveillance and response; maternal mortality; MDSR; maternal death review; MDR; quality improvements; Obstetrik och gynekologi; Obstetrics and Gynaecology;

   Sammanfattning : Tanzania has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios (MMR) in the world. Tanzania introduced the Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) system to facilitate deaths notification and learning from death reviews inorder to prevent future deaths. LÄS MER

3. 2. Autoimmune hepatitis : life, death and in-between

   Författare :Åsa Danielsson Borssén; Mårten Werner; Soo Aleman; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; autoimmune hepatitis; autoimmune liver disease; hepatocellular carcinoma; surveillance; pregnancy; pregnancy outcome; cirrhosis; fibrosis; epidemiology; cause of death; medicin; Medicine;

   Sammanfattning : Background Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic autoimmune liver disease that is overrepresented in women (75% of cases). Studies have described a 10-year survival after diagnosis near to that of the general population, but less is known about the long-term survival. LÄS MER

4. 3. Dying to count : mortality surveillance methods in resource-poor settings

   Författare :Edward F Fottrell; Peter Byass; Heiko Becher; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; mortality; surveillance; verbal autopsy; survey methods; Epidemiology; Epidemiologi;

   Sammanfattning : Background Mortality data are critical to understanding and monitoring changes in population health status over time. Nevertheless, the majority of people living in the world’s poorest countries, where the burden of disease is highest, remain outside any kind of systematic health surveillance. LÄS MER

5. 4. Risk and survival for colorectal cancer in northern Sweden : sociodemographic factors and surveillance programs

   Författare :Olle Sjöström; Beatrice S. Melin; Lars H Lindholm; Richard Palmqvist; Johannes Blom; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Colorectal cancer; Risk factors; Cancer epidemiology; Endoscopy general; Health economy; Cancer prevention; Hereditary colorectal; Surveillance colonoscopy; Cancer Epidemiology; cancerepidemiologi; Genetics; genetik; Surgery; kirurgi; Oncology; onkologi;

   Sammanfattning : BackgroundColorectal cancer (CRC) – i.e., cancer in the colon or rectum – is one of the most common cancers both globally and in Sweden. The risk for CRC is mainly related to age, heredity, and life-style risk factors. LÄS MER

7. 5. Counting deaths, accounting for lives : Novel applications of standardised verbal autopsy methods for augmented health systems

   Författare :Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Verbal autopsy; cause of death; vital registration; health system; surveillance; World Health Organization;

   Sammanfattning : Half of the world’s deaths and their causes are never recorded by virtue of the under-resourced civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems which limits capacity of health systems to respond to population needs. Verbal autopsy (VA) has emerged as a pragmatic approach for determining causes of death using standard interviews including signs, symptoms and circumstances of death, conducted with the bereaved family. LÄS MER