Mortality surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic

doi:10.2471/BLT.20.263194

Editorial

. 2020 Jun 1;98(6):374.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.263194.

Mortality surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic

Philip Setel¹, Carla AbouZahr¹, Emily B Atuheire², Martin Bratschi¹, Emily Cercone³, Oliver Chinganya⁴, Benjamin Clapham¹, Samuel J Clark⁵, Carlie Congdon¹, Don de Savigny⁶, Adam Karpati¹, Erin Nichols³, Robert Jakob⁷, James Mwanza¹, William Muhwava⁴, Petra Nahmias⁸, Elizabeth M Ortiz¹, Akhona Tshangela²

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¹ Vital Strategies Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative, 100 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10006 United States of America (USA).
² Mortality Surveillance Programme, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
³ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, USA.
⁴ African Centre for Statistics, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁵ Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA.
⁶ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁷ Division for Data and Analysis, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Statistics Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand.

PMID: 32514207
PMCID: PMC7265935
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.20.263194

Editorial

Mortality surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic

Philip Setel et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 1;98(6):374.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.263194.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Vital Strategies Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative, 100 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10006 United States of America (USA).
² Mortality Surveillance Programme, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
³ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, USA.
⁴ African Centre for Statistics, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
⁵ Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, Ohio, USA.
⁶ Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁷ Division for Data and Analysis, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁸ Statistics Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand.

PMID: 32514207
PMCID: PMC7265935
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.20.263194

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[1] Mortality, causes of death. Bern: Federal Statistical Office; 2020. Available from: https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistics/health/state-health/mort... [cited 2020 Apr 4].

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[7] Tiffany A, Moundekeno FP, Traoré A, Haile M, Sterk E, Guilavogui T, et al. Community-Based Surveillance to Monitor Mortality in a Malaria-Endemic and Ebola-Epidemic Setting in Rural Guinea. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016. December 7;95(6):1389–97. 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0376 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Tiffany A, Moundekeno FP, Traoré A, Haile M, Sterk E, Guilavogui T, et al. Community-Based Surveillance to Monitor Mortality in a Malaria-Endemic and Ebola-Epidemic Setting in Rural Guinea. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016. December 7;95(6):1389–97. 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0376 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Morbidity and mortality surveillance in Rwandan refugees–Burundi and Zaire, 1994. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1996. February 9;45(5):104–7. - PubMed

[10] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Morbidity and mortality surveillance in Rwandan refugees–Burundi and Zaire, 1994. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1996. February 9;45(5):104–7. - PubMed

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