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. 2010 Sep 13:3.
doi: 10.3402/gha.v3i0.5517.

Monitoring the millennium development goals: the potential role of the INDEPTH Network

Martin Bangha  1 , Alioune Diagne, Ayaga Bawah, Osman Sankoh
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Monitoring the millennium development goals: the potential role of the INDEPTH Network

Martin Bangha et al. Glob Health Action. .

Abstract

The Millennium Declaration, adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2000, set a series of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as priorities for UN member countries, committing governments to realising eight major MDGs and 18 associated targets by 2015. Progress towards these goals is being assessed by tracking a series of 48 technical indicators that have since been unanimously adopted by experts. This concept paper outlines the role member Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSSs) of the INDEPTH Network could play in monitoring progress towards achieving the MDGs. The unique qualities of the data generated by HDSSs lie in the fact that they provide an opportunity to measure or evaluate interventions longitudinally, through the long-term follow-up of defined populations.

Keywords: Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems; Millennium Development Goals; longitudinal data; monitoring MDG progress.

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