URBAN HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, Slums in and around Dhaka City Corporations Registration of Health and Demographic Events, 2020

Abstract

The Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Urban HDSS) operates in the selected slums in and around Dhaka City Corporations covering nearly 127,000 population approximately living in 33,000 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 2020 comparing with the Matlab HDSS 2020, Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2019, and Urban Health Survey 2013.