Estimating malaria incidence from routine health facility-based surveillance data in Uganda

Estimating malaria incidence from routine health facility-based surveillance data in Uganda

Abstract Background Accurate measures of malaria incidence are essential to track progress and target high-risk populations. While health management information system (HMIS) data provide counts of malaria cases, quantifying the denominator for incidence using these data is challenging because catch...

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Main Authors: Adrienne Epstein, Jane Frances Namuganga, Emmanuel Victor Kamya, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Samir Bhatt, Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer, Sarah G. Staedke, Moses R. Kamya, Grant Dorsey, Bryan Greenhouse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Surveillance
Health management information system
Uganda
Incidence
Health facility
Malaria
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03514-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03514-z

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