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Health and demographic surveillance systems in low- and middle-income countries: history, state of the art and future prospects

Kobus Herbsta DSI-MRC South African Population Infrastructure Network, Durban, South Africa;b Population Science, Africa Health Research Institute, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sanjay Juvekarc KEM Hospital Research Centre, Vadu Rural Health Program, Pune, IndiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7209-6924View further author information
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Momodou Jassehd Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The GambiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1026-1082View further author information
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Yemane Berhanee Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2527-1339View further author information
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Janet Seeleyb Population Science, Africa Health Research Institute, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa;g Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-5272View further author information
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Osman Sankohh Statistics Sierra Leone, Tower Hill, Freetown, Sierra Leone;i Njala University, University Secretariat, Njala, Sierra Leone;j School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;k Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg Medical School, Heidelberg, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4405-9808View further author information
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Mark A. Collinsona DSI-MRC South African Population Infrastructure Network, Durban, South Africa;m SAMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8205-7099View further author information
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Article: 1974676 | Received 01 Jul 2021, Accepted 25 Aug 2021, Published online: 04 Apr 2022

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