The continuing epidemiological transition in sub-Saharan Africa a workshop summary

The public workshop was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on October 21-22, 2011. The workshop reviewed the changes that have taken place in the past 15 years in this rapidly moving area of inquiry, updated trends and their implications for health policy, coordinated data analysis across demograph...

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Main Author: Plewes, Thomas J.
Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Population, Workshop on the Continuing Epidemiological Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa (2011, University of the Witwatersrand)
Other Authors: Kinsella, Kevin G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. National Academies Press 2012, c2012
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Summary:The public workshop was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, on October 21-22, 2011. The workshop reviewed the changes that have taken place in the past 15 years in this rapidly moving area of inquiry, updated trends and their implications for health policy, coordinated data analysis across demographic surveillance sites and from new surveys and other sources, considered methodological challenges related to dealing with data from demographic surveillance sites, and explored new theoretical perspectives on demographic modeling and their application to modeling the epidemiological transition
Physical Description:1 PDF file (x, 37 p.)
ISBN:0309266483
9780309266482