Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa, Second Edition

Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa, Second Edition

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...

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Main Authors:	Jamison, Dean T., Feacham, Richard G., Makgoba, Malegapuru W., Bos, Eduard R., Baingana, Florence K., Hofman, Karen J., Rogo, Khama O.
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6828709/disease-mortality-sub-saharan-africa-second-edition http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7050

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Summary:	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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