Actuarial science

Rapid Mortality Surveillance Report

Published by: 
Medical Research Council

A Rapid Mortality Surveillance (RMS) system was established to monitor the trend in the number of deaths recorded on the national population register at a time when there was a substantial time lag in the cause-of-death reports being produced by Stats SA. This report presents an analysis of the RMS data and provides empirical estimates of the mortality-based high-level indicators for Outputs 1 and 2 of the health-related outcomes of the NSDA to highlight the significant changes in mortality currently taking place in South Africa. By adjusting for known bias in the RMS data, it is possible to provide information about these key indicators two years sooner than the published vital registration data.

How 'programmes' can support the development of districts

Volume: 
1
Series Name: 
Kwik Skwiz
Published by: 
Health Systems Trust
The provision of comprehensive integrated primary health care (PHC) within the framework of the District Health System (DHS) is the cornerstone of health service delivery in the new South Africa. At the same time, vertical programmes have been developed to ensure that priority health issues are tackled in an appropriate, co-ordinated and focussed way.