A review of the structure and function of vital registration system in Ghana: towards improvement in mortality data quality for health policy analysis

• Main Authors: Julius N. Fobil (Author), Eunice Aryee (Author), Francis Bilson (Author), Juergen May (Author), Alexander Kraemer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vital registration systems (VRS) are important in the collection of routine data on indicators of development. These are particularly useful if they are properly built to address weaknesses in the system leading to poor data quality. For instance, routine data on health events (e.g. morbidity, morta...