ISC 2010: Presentations, Monday: Day 1

Plenary 1: Opening Session / HDSS work in Ghana

Showcasing Health and Demographic Surveillance Work in Ghana -Dodowa Health Research Centre, Dodowa

Showcasing Health and Demographic Surveillance Work in Ghana -Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo

Showcasing Health and Demographic Surveillance Work in Ghana -Navrongo Health Research Centre,Navrongo

Plenary 2: INDEPTH Projects-1

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Mortality levels, patterns, and trends at INDEPTH

The INDEPTH Data System – An update on the way forward

Plenary 3: INDEPTH Projects-2

Keynote – Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems – A reflection

Sexual and Reproductive Health

Vaccination and Child Survival

Tuberculosis

Antibiotic resistance

Epidemiology studies of Epilepsy at INDEPTH sites

Parallel Session 1: Infant, Child and Maternal Health

Keynote: Where are we with MDGs 4 and 5? What Can HDSS sites contribute in achieving these goals?

Audit Of Maternal Deaths Using Longitudinal Data - Case Of Rufiji HDSS

The Role of Birth Order in Infant Mortality in Ifakara in rural Tanzania

Reaching Millennium Development Goal 4 In The Gambia

Trends In Sex Differential Childhood Mortality In Ballabgarh HDSS(1992-2009)

Free Health Care And Risk Of Mortality Of Under Five Year Children In West Africa: Evidence From Saponé Hdss In Burkina Fasso

Parallel Session 2: Immunization and Child Survival

Whose Child is not immunized? Trends in Prevalence and Predictors in Child Health. Evidence from DHDSS.

Randomised trial of measles vaccine at 4.5 and 9 months of age: general reduction in child mortality

Vaccination delay can occur even in a community with high vaccination coverage, Ballagarh, India

Survival bias in HDSS data: Effect of routine vaccinations on child survival

Neonatal Vit. A Supplementation Interacts with routine immunizations in infancy with consequences for mortality

Parallel Session 3:HIV/AIDS and other infectious Diseases

Keynote: HIV/AID Research based on HDSS

Change In Population Tb Incidence Trends After The Roll-Out Of Art In Karonga District, North Malawi

Is marriage protective? Risk factors for sexually transmitted infections among young women in the Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana

Impact Of Tuberculosis Exposure At Home On Child Mortality In Guinea-Bissau

Decreasing Treatment Delay In Tuberculosis In Guinea Bissau, West Africa: A Longitudinal Cohort Study