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Monitoring the millennium development goals: the potential role of the INDEPTH Network

The Millennium Declaration, adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2000, set a series of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as priorities for UN member countries, committing governments to realising eight major MDGs and 18 associated targets by 2015. Progress towards these goals is being assessed by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bangha, Martin, Diagne, Alioune, Bawah, Ayaga, Sankoh, Osman
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CoAction Publishing 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20842216
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v3i0.5517
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Sumario:The Millennium Declaration, adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2000, set a series of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as priorities for UN member countries, committing governments to realising eight major MDGs and 18 associated targets by 2015. Progress towards these goals is being assessed by tracking a series of 48 technical indicators that have since been unanimously adopted by experts. This concept paper outlines the role member Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSSs) of the INDEPTH Network could play in monitoring progress towards achieving the MDGs. The unique qualities of the data generated by HDSSs lie in the fact that they provide an opportunity to measure or evaluate interventions longitudinally, through the long-term follow-up of defined populations.