TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jahn, Andreas
A1  - Zaba, Basia
A1  - Crampin, Amelia C
A1  - Glynn, Judith R.
A1  - Mwinuka, Venance
A1  - Mwaiyeghele, Elenaus
A1  - Mwafilaso, Johnbosco
A1  - Branson, Keith
A1  - Fine, Paul EM
A1  - McGrath, Nuala
T1  - Evaluation of a village-informant driven demographic surveillance system in Karonga, Northern Malawi
Y1  - 2007/03/23
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 219
EP  - 248
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2007.16.8
VL  - 16
IS  - 8
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol16/8/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol16/8/16-8.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol16/8/16-8.pdf
N2  - This paper describes and evaluates the first demographic surveillance system (DSS) in Malawi, covering a rural population of 30,000. Unlike others, the Karonga DSS relies on trained village informants using formatted registers for the primary notification of vital events and migrations. 

Seven project enumerators subsequently collect detailed data on events notified by the village informants, using stringent identification procedures for households and individuals. Internal movements are traced systematically to augment event registration and data quality. Continuous evaluation of data collection is built into the methods. A re-census conducted after 2 years indicated that the routine system had registered 97% of 1,588 births, 99% of 521 deaths and 92% of 13,168 movements.

ER  -