Monitoring child survival in 'real time' using routine health facility records: results from Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Few developing countries have the accurate civil registration systems needed to track progress in child survival. However, the health information systems in most of these countries do record facility births and deaths, at least in principle. We used data from two districts of Malawi to test a method for monitoring child mortality based on adjusting health facility records for incomplete coverage.

Methods

Trained researchers collected reports of monthly births and deaths among children younger than 5 years from all health facilities in Balaka and Salima districts of Malawi in 2010-2011. We estimated the proportion of births and deaths occurring in health facilities, respectively, from the 2010 Demographic and Health Survey and a household mortality survey conducted

SUBMITTER: Amouzou A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3787785 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature