Pakistan's Public Health Surveillance System : A Call to Action
This assessment considered three major areas of public health surveillance: (1) communicable diseases, (2) vital registration with a focus on maternal and infant mortality, and (3) non-communicable diseases and risk factors. The key recommendations...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/7187834/pakistans-public-health-surveillance-system-call-action http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17818 |
| Summary: | This assessment considered three major
areas of public health surveillance: (1) communicable
diseases, (2) vital registration with a focus on maternal
and infant mortality, and (3) non-communicable diseases and
risk factors. The key recommendations for each of these
areas are summarized below. A stepwise approach to
implementing these recommendations should be considered in
the National Action Plan. Chapter 4 summarizes some of the
major cross-cutting issues and provides a minimum package to
develop the public health surveillance system. |
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