1. The way forward.
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AbouZahr, Carla, Cleland, John, Coullare, Francesca, Macfarlane, Sarah B., Notzon, Francis C., Setel, Philip, and Szreter, Simon
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RECORDING & registration , *BIRTH certificates , *VITAL records (Births, deaths, etc.) , *DEATH certificates , *PROOF & certification of death , *EVALUATION of medical care , *UTILIZATION review (Medical care) , *VITAL statistics , *DEATH rate , *CAUSES of death - Abstract
This article presents the fourth installment on a series called "Who Counts?" which looks at the barriers to getting citizen statistics in developing nations. The lack of citizen registration greatly hampers the measurement of medical intervention effectiveness in poor countries. The global community has failed to provide the technical and economic support needed to create reporting systems in these countries. The authors admit there is no one system that will work for every country but says there are things that can be done to start the systems and generate better vital statistics than are available in 2007.
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- 2007
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