URBAN HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, Slums in and around Dhaka City Corporations Registration of Health and Demographic Events, 2016

Abstract

The Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Urban HDSS) operates in selected slums in and around Dhaka City Corporations covering nearly 125,000 populations approximately living in 32,100 households. This report provides the Urban HDSS updates of vital events and migrations and selected maternal and neonatal health service indicators. The table below summarizes key demographic, social, and health service indicators for 2016 comparing with the Matlab HDSS 2016, Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey (BDHS) 2017/18 and Urban Health Survey 2013