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Alternative Title:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6641a5
Personal Author:
Wilkinson, Amanda L. ; Kaiser, Reinhard ; Jalloh, Mohamed F. ; Kamara, Mamudi ; Blau, Dianna M. ; ... More +
Wilkinson, Amanda L. ; Kaiser, Reinhard ; Jalloh, Mohamed F. ; Kamara, Mamudi ; Blau, Dianna M. ; Raghunathan, Pratima L. ; Kamara, Alpha ; Kamara, Umaru ; Houston-Suluku, Nathaniel ; Clarke, Kevin ; Jambai, Amara ; Redd, John T. ; Hersey, Sara ; Osaio-Kamara, Brima Less -
Corporate Authors:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service. ; Center for Global Health (U.S.). Division of Global Health Protection.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Epidemic Intelligence Service. ; Center for Global Health (U.S.). Division of Global Health Protection. Less -
Description:
Mortality surveillance and vital registration are limited in Sierra Leone, a country with one of the highest mortality rates among children aged <5 years worldwide, approximately 120 deaths per 1,000 live births (1,2). To inform efforts to strengthen surveillance, stillbirths and deaths in children aged <5 years from multiple surveillance streams in Bombali Sebora chiefdom were retrospectively reviewed. In total, during January 2015-November 2016, 930 deaths in children aged <5 years were identified, representing 73.3% of the 1,269 deaths that were expected based on modeled estimates. The "117" telephone alert system established during the Ebola virus disease (Ebola) epidemic captured 683 (73.4%) of all reported deaths in children aged <5 years, and was the predominant reporting source for stillbirths (n = 172). In the absence of complete vital events registration, 117 call alerts markedly improved the completeness of reporting of stillbirths and deaths in children aged <5 years.
Subject:
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Child, Preschool
Child Mortality
Epidemics
Full Report
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infant Mortality
Mandatory Reporting
Population Surveillance
Stillbirth

Source:
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 66(41):1116-1118.
Pubmed ID:
29049274
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5689092
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Sierra Leone
Collection(s):
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Main Document Checksum:
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