Health and demographic surveillance system-Matlab : volume forty seven ; registration of health and demographic events 2013

Abstract

This report presents the vital registration and maternal and child health data gathered from Matlab, Bangladesh, in 2013. The data were collected by the Health and Demographic Surveillance System of icddr,b. The surveillance area is divided into an icddr,b service area and a Government service area which receives usual government health and family planning services. The icddr,b service area is sub-divided into four blocks, where family planning, immunization and limited curative services are provided to under-five children and women of reproductive age.

The activity of Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance System was funded by core donors which provide unrestricted support to icddr,b for its operations and research