Health and demographic surveillance in rural western Kenya: a platform for evaluating interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases

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Abstract
We established a health and demographic surveillance system in a rural area of western Kenya to measure the burden of infectious diseases and evaluate public health interventions. After a baseline census, all 33,990 households were visited every four months. We collected data on educational attainme …
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Authors Adazu K;Lindblade KA;Rosen DH;Odhiambo F;Ofware P;Kwach J;Van Eijk AM;Decock KM;Amornkul P;Karanja D;Vulule JM;Slutsker L;;
Journal The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Year 2005
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't u.s. gov't adult female male age factors adolescent aged middle aged Child Infant Surveys and Questionnaires newborn P.H.S. preschool 80 and over hiv infections / epidemiology malaria / prevention & control kenya / epidemiology communicable diseases / etiology communicable diseases / epidemiology* population surveillance / methods* health status age distribution malaria / epidemiology hiv infections / mortality hiv infections / prevention & control demography communicable diseases / mortality malaria / mortality mortality / trends hiv infections / etiology autopsy malaria / etiology kim a lindblade pmid:16354829 kubaje adazu laurence slutsker communicable disease control / statistics & numerical data* infant mortality / trends medically underserved area rural health / statistics & numerical data* rural health services / statistics & numerical data*

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