Measuring excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and lower-middle income countries: The need for mobile phone surveys Posted on 03/11/2021 by David Waiganjo PUBLICATIONS RESOURCES // PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles Measuring excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and lower-middle income countries: The need for mobile phone surveys Health and Wellbeing November 2021 Monitoring mortality is an essential component of an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 surveillance systems around the world count primarily deaths occurring in hospitals to individuals who tested positive to SARS-CoV-2, although some countries now also include deaths among suspected COVID-19 cases or that have occurred outside of hospitals. Surveillance systems do not count deaths from non–COVID-19 causes, even though they might spike due to health system disruption or downstream effects on the economy. Download CONTRIBUTORS Research Scientist Gershim Asiki Gershim Asiki is a Research Scientist at APHRC, leading the… View Profile SIMILAR PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles Women’s autonomy and reproductive health-care-seeking behavior in Ethiopia Journal Articles Women’s attitudes and beliefs towards specific contraceptive methods in Bangladesh and Kenya Briefing Papers Why do some men and women never test for HIV? Insights from Demographic and Health Surveys in Zambia and Lesotho General Who are the missing men? Characterizing men who have never tested for HIV from population-based surveys in six sub-Saharan African countries Technical Reports Voices for action: A report of community engagement on vulnerability and solutions to food and nutrition insecurity maasai community, Kajiado, Kenya* General Voices for action Journal Articles Vitamin a supplementation and stunting levels among two year olds in kenya: evidence from the 2008-09 kenya demographic and health survey* Journal Articles Use of anchoring vignettes to evaluate health reporting behavior amongst adults aged 50 years and above in africa and asia testing assumptions* Policy brief Unsafe abortion as a risk factor for maternal mortality in Liberia