Documenting mortality in crises: what keeps us from doing better

Francesco Checchi; Les Roberts

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050146

Documenting mortality in crises: what keeps us from doing better

PLoS Med. 2008 Jul 1;5(7):e146. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050146.

Authors

Francesco Checchi¹, Les Roberts

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. francesco.checchi@lshtm.ac.uk

Abstract

Francesco Checchi and Les Roberts discuss how mortality among crisis-affected populations is currently documented, barriers to better documentation, and how these barriers might be overcome.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Demography
Documentation / methods
Documentation / standards
Documentation / trends*
Emergencies / epidemiology*
Humans
Mortality / trends*
Population Dynamics
Population Surveillance / methods