URBAN HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, Slums in and around Dhaka City Corporations Registration of Health and Demographic Events, 2021

Abstract

The Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Urban HDSS) operates in the selected slums in and around Dhaka City Corporations covering nearly 159,000 population approximately living in 40,000 households. This report provides the Urban HDSS updates of vital events, migrations and selected maternal, neonatal and child health service indicators. The table below summarizes key demographic, social, and health service indicators for 2021 comparing with the Matlab HDSS 2021, Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2019, and Urban Health Survey 2021.