Community-based measles mortality surveillance in two districts of Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
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BMC Research NotesAbstract
Mortality due to measles is often under-reported. Traditional methods of measuring mortality can be time and resource-intensive. We describe the implementation of a community-based method to monitor measles mortality.Publisher
BioMed CentralPubMed ID
24344804Language
enISSN
1756-0500ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1186/1756-0500-6-537
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