Child, maternal, and adult mortality in Sierra Leone: nationally representative mortality survey 2018-20.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sierra Leone's child and maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world. However, little is known about the causes of premature mortality in the country. To rectify this, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation of Sierra Leone launched the Sierra Leone Sample Registration System (SL-SRS) of births and deaths. Here, we report cause-specific mortality from the first SL-SRS round, representing deaths from 2018 to 2020.

Methods

The Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action platform established the SL-SRS, which involved conducting electronic verbal autopsies in 678 randomly selected villages and urban blocks throughout the country. 61 surveyors, in teams of four or five, enrolled people and ascertained deaths of individuals younger than 70 years in 2019

SUBMITTER: Carshon-Marsh R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8672062 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature