Monitoring of Health and Demographic Outcomes in Poor Urban Settlements: Evidence from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System

Emina, Jacques; Beguy, Donatien; Zulu, Eliya M.; Ezeh, Alex C.; Muindi, Kanyiva; Elung’ata, Patricia; Otsola, John K.; Yé, Yazoumé

doi:10.1007/s11524-011-9594-1

Monitoring of Health and Demographic Outcomes in Poor Urban Settlements: Evidence from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System

The Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS) was set up in Korogocho and Viwandani slum settlements to provide a platform for investigating linkages between urban poverty, health, and demographic and other socioeconomic outcomes, and to facilitate the evaluation of interv…