"Real-Time" Monitoring of Under-Five Mortality: Lessons for Strengthened Vital Statistics Systems

PLoS Med. 2016 Jan 25;13(1):e1001904. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001904. eCollection 2016 Jan.

Abstract

Bryce and colleagues, reflect on lessons that can be learned from the Real-Time Monitoring of Under-Five Mortality Collection.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child Mortality / trends*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Computer Systems / trends*
  • Developing Countries / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Mortality / trends
  • Vital Statistics

Grants and funding

The RMM project was funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (http://www.international.gc.ca/international/index.aspx?lang=eng) through the Real-Time Results Tracking grant (#7056791) implemented by the Institute for International Programs at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.