Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa, Second Edition
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Washington, DC: World Bank
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Since the publication of the first
edition of "Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan
Africa" (report no. 9784 (1991)), many new sources of
health and demographic information have become available,
including data on trends in HIV infection from antenatal
clinic surveillance sites, the first set of African life
tables from a growing number of demographic surveillance
sites, injury statistics from a small number of injury
mortality surveillance registers, and cancer data from
cancer registers. Improved methods for estimating the
incidence of several other diseases, including tuberculosis,
maternal mortality, and chronic diseases, have also improved
the reliability of health statistics. Verbal autopsy studies
have linked with demographic surveillance sites, adding to
our knowledge on changes in the cause-of-death composition
in several countries. Notwithstanding these advances in
health statistics, a theme that emerges from all the
chapters in this volume is that too little is known about
trends in the diseases and conditions included here in order
to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of programs
intended to produce better health outcomes. As we get closer
to the 2015 end point of the Millennium Development Goals,
reaching the goals will become increasingly challenging. The
continued improvement of disease surveillance and other
regularly published health information remains as important
a priority for African health systems as it was for the
first edition.
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ABORTION, ACCIDENTS, ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, ADOLESCENT, ADOLESCENT HEALTH, ADULT MORTALITY, AGE GROUP, AGE STRUCTURE, ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, ALCOHOL USE, ANEMIA, ANTENATAL CLINIC, ANTIBIOTICS, ARI, BILATERAL DONORS, BIRTH RATE, CANCER, CANCERS, CARDIOMYOPATHY, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CARE STRATEGIES, CAUSE OF DEATH, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, CENTRE, CHILD MORTALITY, CHRONIC DISEASES, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, CRIME, DEATH RATE, DEATHS, DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, DIABETES, DIARRHEA, DIARRHEAL DISEASE, DIARRHEAL DISEASES, DIPHTHERIA, DISABILITIES, EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE, EPIDEMICS, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA, EPIDEMIOLOGY, EXERCISES, FAMILY HEALTH, FOOD PRODUCTION, GIRLS, HEALTH, HEALTH CARE STRATEGIES, HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, HEALTH EFFECTS, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH MANAGEMENT, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH SYSTEMS, HEART DISEASE, HEPATITIS A, HEPATITIS B, HEPATITIS C, HYGIENE, HYPERTENSION, IDD, ILL HEALTH, IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME, IMMUNIZATION, IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, INFANTS, INFECTION, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INJURIES, INJURY PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION, IODINE, IODINE DEFICIENCY, LBW, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH, LOW BIRTHWEIGHT, LUNG DISEASE, MALARIA, MALNUTRITION, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO, MEASLES, MEDICAL RESEARCH, MENTAL DISORDERS, MENTAL HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES, MENTAL RETARDATION, MICRONUTRIENTS, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MORTALITY RATES, NATIONAL HEALTH, NEONATAL TETANUS, NEONATAL TETANUS ELIMINATION, NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS, NNT, NUMBER OF DEATHS, NUTRITION, NUTRITION INTERVENTION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OBESITY, OBSTETRICS, OCP, ONCHOCERCIASIS, ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY, ORT, PARASUICIDE, PATIENTS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLIOMYELITIS, POPULATION STUDIES, PRESCHOOL CHILDREN, PREVENTABLE DISEASES, PREVENTIVE TREATMENT, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PROJECTIONS OF LIFE EXPECTANCY, PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY, PUBLIC HEALTH, RADIATION, REPRODUCTIVE AGE, RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS, RISK FACTORS, ROAD TRAFFIC, RUBELLA, SANITATION, SEX, SMOKING, STUNTING, SUICIDE, TOBACCO, TOXINS, UNDERNUTRITION, UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN, VACCINES, VIOLENCE, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY, WALKING, YOUTH