@INDEPTHNetwork

INDEPTH is a network of 44 health research centres running 49 Health and Demographic Surveillance sites in 19 countries in Africa, Asia and Oceania.

 Secretariat in Accra, Ghana
indepth-network.org
Joined October 2011
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It's 1st July - when updates to iShare open data are released at Indepth-iShare.org New individual data from 🇳🇬 🇲🇿 🇺🇬 🇧🇩 🇲🇼 🇧🇫 🇿🇦 🇮🇳
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New findings on effects of #climatechange from Chakaria #HDSS
Peter Byass@PeterByass28 Aug 2019
How #climatechange could be causing #miscarriage in #Bangladesh bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45…

How climate change could be causing miscarriages in Bangladesh

Rising sea levels mean women in Bangladesh are drinking ever saltier water, threatening unborn babies.

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Nginyo Hinga@AlexHinga11 Jul 2019
This #WorldPopulationDay, let's be aware of the ongoing 'Scandal of Invisibility' and continue strengthening #CRVS to make everyone count by counting all births, deaths and vital events @UNFPA @INDEPTHNetwork @Data4SDGs
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Osman Sankoh (Mallam O.) COR@oasankoh2 Jul 2019
Congratulations INDEPTH
INDEPTH Network (official)@INDEPTHNetwork1 Jul 2019
It's 1st July - when updates to iShare open data are released at Indepth-iShare.org New individual data from 🇳🇬 🇲🇿 🇺🇬 🇧🇩 🇲🇼 🇧🇫 🇿🇦 🇮🇳
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KEMHRC- Vadu@kemvadu2 Jul 2019
Proud to be one of the leads in this #datasharing #platform. You can download our recent health and #demographic datasets from the below link. We share our data in #publicdomain
INDEPTH Network (official)@INDEPTHNetwork1 Jul 2019
It's 1st July - when updates to iShare open data are released at Indepth-iShare.org New individual data from 🇳🇬 🇲🇿 🇺🇬 🇧🇩 🇲🇼 🇧🇫 🇿🇦 🇮🇳
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Peter Byass@PeterByass29 Jun 2019
New training materials for #ethics in #implementation #research just out from @WHO #TDR which should be useful in many settings who.int/tdr/publications/yea…
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Peter Byass@PeterByass8 Jun 2019
New paper @BMJ_Open exploring the back-stories of external injury deaths identified by @InterVA in rural #SouthAfrica @weallcount2 @annajdare @ldambruoso @VAPARorg @AndyLeather1 @drjackoids bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/6/…

External injuries, trauma and avoidable deaths in Agincourt, South Africa: a retrospective observ...

Objective Injury burden is highest in low-income and middle-income countries. To reduce avoidable deaths, it is necessary to identify health system deficiencies preventing timely, quality care. We...

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Peter Byass@PeterByass31 May 2019
Around 50% of deaths in the world aren't documented according to @WHO, mostly in LMICs, and #verbal_autopsy (VA interviews with witnesses of deaths) is a useful method for tackling this. Cause of death data are important for planning health services.
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Peter Byass@PeterByass30 May 2019
New @BMCMedicine - An integrated approach to processing @WHO-2016 #verbal_autopsy data: the @InterVA-5 model - open-source software included bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.co…

An integrated approach to processing WHO-2016 verbal autopsy data: the InterVA-5 model

BMC Medicine - Verbal autopsy is an increasingly important methodology for assigning causes to otherwise uncertified deaths, which amount to around 50% of global mortality and cause much...

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Osman Sankoh (Mallam O.) COR@oasankoh26 May 2019
A fine academic from #SierraLeone Prof Johannes John-Langba at the University of Kwazulu Natal @UKZN in Durban South Africa has received another international award. Johannes was partner to INDEPTH Network @INDEPTHNetwork while at the University of Cape Town @UCT_news
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At #WHA72? Join GCHA and @WHO at the launch of the WHO-Civil Society Working Group for Action on Climate & Health. Learn more: bit.ly/WHO-NGOclimatehealth
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Peter Byass@PeterByass16 May 2019
Pleased to see these analyses of #cause_of_death and #socioeconomic factors published from @INDEPTHNetwork data @GlobalHealthAct Thanks @gbukhman @musukamanda @meIamMarylene @CKyobutungi @oasankoh (and more not on Twitter!) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

A comparison of all-cause and cause-specific mortality by household socioeconomic status across...

Background: Understanding socioeconomic disparities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality can help inform prevention and treatment strategies.Objectives: To quantify cause-specific mortality ra...

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IsaiahE@Andebes25 Apr 2019
#WorldMalariaDay @AMMREN @cbinka @INDEPTHNetwork @endmalaria @CDCgov
PAMACC Africa@pamacc125 Apr 2019
AMMREN Marks the World Malaria Day   AMMREN PRESS STATEMENT: World Malaria Day The celebration of World Malaria Day today, is another opportunity for stock taking of global efforts to win the war against the world’s oldest and deadliest disease. Since... tinyurl.com/y4hcz73k
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@icddr_b14 Mar 2019
“#EveryNewborn-INDEPTH” (EN-INDEPTH) study protocol for a randomised comparison of household survey modules for measuring #stillbirths and neonatal deaths in five Health and Demographic Surveillance sites, bit.ly/2TDVzzI w/ @MARCH_LSHTM @joylawn @INDEPTHNetwork #HDSS
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SEACO@SEACOasia20 Feb 2019
We are happy to have visitors Dr.Austen El-Osta and Dr.David Webber from Imperial College London. Looking forward to new collaborations. @Daniel_Reidpath @INDEPTHNetwork @feisul #IndepthNetwork #RISEProgram – at Sungai Segamat, Johor
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New paper on EN-INDEPTH study jogh.org/documents/issue2019… on ways of measuring stillbirths and neonatal deaths @joylawn @peterbyass and friends
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Cause of death surveyed in #Uganda using @WHO tools and @InterVA model reported @PLOSONE
PLOS One@PLOSONE14 Feb 2019
Verbal autopsies performed by lay community health workers collect critical #mortality information and can capture information missed by passive surveillance journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…

Community health workers trained to conduct verbal autopsies provide better mortality measures than...

Background In much of sub-Saharan Africa, health facilities serve as the primary source of routine vital statistics. These passive surveillance systems, however, are plagued by infrequent and...

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@icddr_b28 Jan 2019
HE @SidselBleken from Norwegian Embassy @norwayindhaka & @Folkehelseinst officials visit @icddr_b Matlab Health Research Centre to learn more about #HepatitisE vaccine study and #HDSS activities. flic.kr/s/aHsmzLSPCx
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SEACO@SEACOasia29 Jan 2019
Dementia Prevention Enhanced Care Study (DePec) Discussion - a collaboration with MoH and SEACO. @Daniel_Reidpath @estherchuapw @INDEPTHNetwork @feisul #monash #seacoasia #RISEprogram – at Sungai Segamat, Johor
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Peter Byass@PeterByass17 Jan 2019
Final parts of @GlobalHealthAct issue on body mass in sub-Saharan Africa from Sydney Brenner Inst @WitsUniversity - summary tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… and editorial tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… from @MoffatNyirend Micele Ramsay and @PeterByass @INDEPTHNetwork
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