Holdings: An Assessment of LAC's Vital Statistics System : The Foundation of Maternal and Infant Mortality Monitoring

An Assessment of LAC's Vital Statistics System : The Foundation of Maternal and Infant Mortality Monitoring

Vital records, the registration of births, deaths, marriages and divorces, and the vital statistics derived from these records serve two important purposes. Firstly, vital records are legal documents, but the focus of this review, is the role of vi...

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Main Authors:	Danel, Isabella, Bortman, Marcelo
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES BABIES BABY BASIC HEALTH BCG BIRTH ATTENDANTS BIRTH COMPLICATIONS BIRTH DEFECTS BIRTH RATES CAUSES OF DEATH CENSUS OF POPULATION CENSUSES CENTER FOR HEALTH CENTRAL AMERICA CERTIFICATION CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILDBIRTH CHRONIC DISEASES CITIES CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL REGISTRATION SYSTEMS CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMPLICATIONS DEATH CERTIFICATES DEATH REGISTER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DIABETES DIAGNOSIS DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DISSEMINATION DIVORCE DOCTORS FACT SHEETS FAMILY FORMATION FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS FATHER FATHERS FERTILITY FETAL DEATH FETUS FLOW OF INFORMATION GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT OFFICES HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CONDITIONS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INEQUITIES HEALTH INFORMATICS HEALTH INFORMATION HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS HEALTH MANAGEMENT HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH PROBLEMS HEALTH PROGRAMS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HOME DELIVERIES HOSPITAL HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS HOSPITAL BIRTHS HOSPITAL PERSONNEL HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RIGHT IMMIGRANTS IMMUNIZATION IMPACT EVALUATIONS INCOME INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INFANT INFANT DEATH INFANT DEATHS INFANT HEALTH INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFECTIONS INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INHERITANCE INJURIES INJURY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE LACK OF AWARENESS LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LEADING CAUSES LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH LIMITED RESOURCES LIVE BIRTH LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MARKETING MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MATERNAL DEATH MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY DATA MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MATERNITY HOSPITALS MEASLES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CONDITIONS MEDICAL STAFF MEDICAL SYSTEMS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS MULTIPLE BIRTHS MUSCLES NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NATIONAL LAW NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NEONATAL MORTALITY NEWBORNS NUMBER OF DEATHS NUTRITION OLDER PEOPLE PERINATAL MORTALITY PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS POLITICAL SUPPORT POPULATION COUNCIL POPULATION FUND POPULATION SUBGROUPS PREGNANCY PRENATAL CARE PREVALENCE PROGRESS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTICS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE PUBLIC POLICIES QUALITY CONTROL QUALITY OF HEALTH REGISTRATION SYSTEMS REPRODUCTIVE AGE REPRODUCTIVE AGE MORTALITY RESEARCH PROGRAM RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE LIMITATIONS RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS SKILLED ATTENDANCE SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS SKILLED HEALTH PERSONNEL SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS STILLBIRTH SUICIDES SYMPTOMS SYPHILIS TB TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY TRAUMA TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UMBILICAL CORD UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY UNFPA URBAN AREAS VACCINATION VACCINE VIOLENCE VITAL STATISTICS WOMAN WOMEN'S HEALTH WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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An Assessment of LAC's Vital Statistics System : The Foundation of Maternal and Infant Mortality Monitoring

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