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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade orden demographic surveillance system.
6. Mortality in rural Vietnam : validity of routine reporting and experiences from a surveillance system
Sammanfattning : Background: Findings from many low-income countries, Vietnam included, show that mortality estimates based on death data collected in routine systems have low validity. Aims: The overall aim of this thesis is to examine and discuss the validity of mortality estimates based on data collected in different systems in a rural setting in Northern Vietnam and to identify factors that can influence the reporting and registration of deaths, all in order to make recommendations for improvement of death registration. LÄS MER
7. Who died, where, when and why? : an investigation of HIV-related mortality in rural South Africa
Sammanfattning : BackgroundSouth Africa has experienced the most severe consequences of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Every community has been affected in some way, many experiencing huge increases in mortality,particularly before antiretroviral therapies (ART) were readily available. LÄS MER
8. Type 2 diabetes in rural Uganda : prevalence, risk factors, perceptions and implications for the health system
Sammanfattning : Background: Between 2010 and 2030, a 69% increase in type-2 diabetes is expected in low-income countries compared to a 20% increase in high income countries. Yet health system responsiveness to non-communicable diseases has been slow in sub-Saharan Africa. LÄS MER
9. Suicide mortality in the South African context : exploring the role of social status and environmental circumstances
Sammanfattning : Suicide is a serious public health problem worldwide, but is differentially distributed across social groups and regions. The goal of this thesis, focusing on the post-apartheid transitional setting of South Africa, is to advance knowledge of the relationship between individual social status (race and sex), contextual factors and suicide mortality. LÄS MER
10. Child health and acute respiratory infections in Ethiopia : epidemiology for prevention and control
Sammanfattning : This thesis is based on studies in Butajira district in the south central part of Ethiopia and one study in the Ethio-Swedish Children's Hospital in Addis Ababa. The Butajira project has a continuous demographic surveillance system, established in 1987 in a sample of 10 communities with a total baseline population of about 30,000. LÄS MER