Evaluation of a village-informant driven demographic surveillance system in Karonga, Northern Malawi

Evaluation of a village-informant driven demographic surveillance system in Karonga, Northern Malawi

This paper describes and evaluates the first demographic surveillance system (DSS) in Malawi, covering a rural population of 30,000. Unlike others, the Karonga DSS relies on trained village informants using formatted registers for the primary notification of vital events and migrations. Seven proj...

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Main Authors: Basia Zaba, Venance Mwinuka, Elenaus Mwaiyeghele, Johnbosco Mwafilaso, Nuala McGrath, Judith R. Glynn, Paul EM Fine, Amelia C. Crampin, Keith Branson, Andreas Jahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2007-03-01
Series:Demographic Research
Subjects:
demographic surveillance system
evaluation
INDEPTH network
Karonga
Malawi
methods
migration
village informant
vital registration
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol16/8/

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http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol16/8/

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