ISC 2013: Presentations, Day 1

INDEPTH SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE 2013 PRRSENTATIONS
28-31 October, 2013
Johannesburg, South Africa
Theme:The contribution of INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance sites to strengthening the National Health Information Systems
Monday, 28 October 2013, Day 1
9:00 - 11:00 SESSION 1 (Plenary):
  Welcome address: (Wits University School of Public Health, South Africa)
  Statement: Pali Lehohla (Statistics South Africa)
  INDEPTH Board Chair statement: Marcel Tanner(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland)
  Keynote speaker: Adam Habib (Vice-Chancellor, Wits University, South Africa)
  Highlights of HDSS work in South Africa (Africa Centre, Agincourt and Dikgale):
Kathleen Kahn (Agincourt, South Africa)
  INDEPTH Executive Director: Vision statement - Osman Sankoh (INDEPTH)
   
11:30 - 13:00 SESSION 2 PLENARY: PROFILING CRITICAL INDEPTH PROJECTS I
 
14:00 - 16:00 SESSION 3 PLENARY: PROFILING CRITICAL INDEPTH PROJECTS II
 
  SESSION 4: PARALLEL A & B
  SESSION 4 A : INDEPTH FINDINGS ON CAUSE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY
 
  • Welcome and introductions: Chair - Superat Phuanukoonnon (Wosera, Papua New Guinea)
  • Presentation 1: Causes of Death in INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System Centres in Africa-Abdouramane Soura (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)
  • Presentation 2: Causes of Death in INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System Centres in Asia- Sanjay Rai (Ballabgarh, India)
  • Presentation 3: INDEPTH cause of death data for tracking Millenium Development Goals-Martin Bangha (INDEPTH Secretariat)
  • Presentation 4: AIDS mortality using INDEPTH data and other sources (Africa Centre, South Africa)
16:30 - 18:00 SESSION 4 B : ROLE OF HDSS IN STRENGTHENING LINKAGES BETWEEN HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND HEALTH RESEARCH SYSTEMS: Venue: Lecture Room 1