Counting every death, saving every life: why deaths data are vital in Africa
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In February 2015, the African Ministers responsible for civil registration, including many African ministers of health, made a declaration (Yamoussoukro Declaration) recognizing the critical need for real time mortality data in African countries, especially in the aftermath of the Ebola outbreak. An ECA report released in January 2015 noted that each of the affected countries had public health systems which did not have the basic tools to collect or update data. The report strongly advocated for improved data systems. A report released by the report of the Ebola interim assessment panel in 2015 found that member states had largely failed to implement the core capacities required under the international health regulations for surveillance and data collection, noting that data were not aggregated, analyzed or shared in a timely manner and in some cases not at all. The panel recommended the data collection should be introduced, including geospatial mapping, health communications, and platforms for self-monitoring and reporting.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (2017-08). Counting every death, saving every life: why deaths data are vital in Africa. Addis Ababa. © UN. ECA. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/24099”Collections
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