Implementing the Countrywide Mortality Surveillance in Action in Mozambique: How Much Did It Cost?

ABSTRACT: Complete sample registration systems are almost inexistent in sub-Saharan Africa. The Countrywide Mortality Surveillance in Action (COMSA) project in Mozambique, a national mortality and cause of death surveillance system, was launched in January 2017, began data collection in March 2018, and covers over 800,000 population. The objectives of this analysis are to quantify the costs of establishing and maintaining the project between 2017 and 2020 and to assess the cost per output of the surveillance system using data from financial reports produced by the National Institute of Health in Mozambique. The program cost analysis consists of start-up (fixed) costs and average annual operating costs covering the period of maximum implementation in 700 clusters. The cost per output analysis quantif

SUBMITTER: Jiwani SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10160867 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature