Health and Demographic Surveillance System–Matlab, v. 51. Registration of health and demographic events 2016

Abstract

This report presents the vital registration and maternal and child health statistics assembled from Health and Demographic Surveillance System ( HDSS), site, Matlab, a rural area in Bangladesh, in 2016. The data were collected by the Matlab HDSS of icddr,b. The surveillance area is divided into two service area – 1) icddr,b service area and 2) Government service area where usual government health and family planning services are available. The icddr,b service area is sub-divided into four blocks, where family planning, immunization and limited curative services are provided to under-five children and women of reproductive age.