The Need to Address Fragmentation and Silos in Mortality Information Systems: The Case of Ghana and Peru

Objectives: We aimed to understand the information architecture and degree of integration of mortality surveillance systems in Ghana and Peru.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using a combination of document review and unstructured interviews to describe and analyse the sub-systems colle...

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Published in:	International Journal of Public Health
Main Authors:	Daniel Cobos Muñoz, Carmen Sant Fruchtman, Janet Miki, Javier Vargas-Herrera, Sarah Woode, Fidelia A. A. Dake, Benjamin Clapham, Don De Savigny, Emmanuel Botchway
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Subjects:	cause of death mortality surveillance civil registration and vital statistics mortality statistics process mapping social network analysis
Online Access:	https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604721/full

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