Keyword: Coverage surveys
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Arecent LANCET article1 estimates the cost of delivering comprehensive child survival interventions in 42 countries where 90% of global child deaths occurred in 2000.
Issue 27, March 2006 (page 11)
In this article we will explore the use of capturerecapture techniques to estimate the sensitivity (also called exhaustivity) of two case-finding methods. The sensitivity of a case-finding method is a measure of how well the method performs at finding cases.
Issue 27, March 2006 (page 13)
Food may be distributed in many different ways but the method of distribution will, to a large extent, depend on the eligible groups and the method for identifying them. Distribution points may be developed using existing buildings, e.g. health centres, schools.
Supplement 1, July 2004 (page 17)
This article describes a modification of the centric systematic area sampling method using GPS, to overcome field constraints related to mapping and active case finding.
Issue 35, March 2009 (page 36)
In July 2006, ACF-USA implemented an out-patient programme for the treatment of severely malnourished children in the main internally displaced people (IDP) camps of the districts of Lira and Apac, Northern Uganda.
Issue 34, October 2008 (page 15)
This article presents the results of a survey that took place in December 2006 to assess the coverage of a community-based programme and discusses the implications of the fi ndings.
Issue 31, September 2007 (page 11)
This article gives an overview of the coverage estimation method developed for the Community Therapeutic Care (CTC) Research Programme in Malawi.
Issue 21, March 2004 (page 11)
This article gives an overview of the coverage estimation method developed for the Community Therapeutic Care (CTC) Research Programme in Malawi.
Supplement 2, November 2004 (page 37)
The CSAS coverage survey method is new and much remains to be learned from field application of the method, particularly in confused terrain, such as that described in the current article, as well as in urban settings.
Issue 27, March 2006 (page 31)
The coverage and default rate in selective feeding programmes are taken as proxies of the accessibility and acceptability of these programmes. This article by Fabienne Vautier describes the problems of low coverage and high default rates in Therapeutic and Supplementary feeding programmes run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Belgium in Wadjir in Kenya.
Issue 5, October 1998 (page 17)
Centric Systematic Area Sampling (CSAS) was developed to estimate coverage of selective feeding programmes.
Issue 33, June 2008 (page 3)