Strengthening Community Networks for Vital Event Reporting: Community-Based Reporting of Vital Events in Rural Mali.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Like many developing countries, Mali has few sources of mortality data. High quality mortality estimates are available from household surveys, such as the demographic and health surveys (DHS), approximately every five years, making it difficult to track progress in reducing mortality. The Rapid Mortality Monitoring (RMM) project in Mali aimed to address this issue by testing a community-based approach to measuring under-five mortality on a yearly basis.

Methods and findings

Seventy-eight community-based workers (relais) were identified in 20 villages comprising approximately 5,300 households. The relais reported pregnancies, births, and under-five deaths from July, 2012 to November, 2013. Data were double-entered, reconciled, cleaned, and analyzed monthly. In Nove

SUBMITTER: Munos MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4659620 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature