Monitoring of Health and Demographic Outcomes in Poor Urban Settlements: Evidence From the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System* Posted on 24/10/2018 (15/08/2019) by APHRC Admin PUBLICATIONS RESOURCES // PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles Monitoring of Health and Demographic Outcomes in Poor Urban Settlements: Evidence From the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System* Urbanization and Wellbeing October 2018 <h2>Abstract</h2> 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 interventions to improve the wellbeing of the urban poor. Data from the NUHDSS confirm the high level of population mobility in slum settlements, and also demonstrate that slum settlements are long-term homes for many people. Research and intervention programs should take account of the duality of slum residency. Consistent with the trends observed countrywide, the data show substantial improvements in measures of child mortality, while there has been limited decline in fertility in slum settlements. The NUHDSS experience has shown that it is feasible to set up and implement long-term health and demographic surveillance system in urban slum settlements and to generate vital data for guiding policy and actions aimed at improving the wellbeing of the urban poor. Download CONTRIBUTORS Alex C. Ezeh Alex joined APHRC in 1998 (then a program of the… View Profile Associate Research Scientist Kanyiva Muindi Kanyiva is an air quality researcher within the Urbanization and… View Profile SIMILAR PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles What has poverty got to do with it? Analysis of household access to improved sanitation in Ghana Journal Articles Verbal autopsy interpretation: a comparative analysis of the interva model versus physician review in determining causes of death in the nairobi dss* Journal Articles Using historical vital statistics to predict the distribution of under-five mortality by cause* Briefing Papers Urban Health in Kenya Key Findings 2000 Nairobi Cross-Sectional Slum Survey Briefing Papers Urban Health in Kenya Key Findings 2000 Nairobi Cross-Sectional Slum Survey Journal Articles Towards Risk-Sensitive and Transformative Urban Development in Sub Saharan Africa Technical Reports The state of the world’s children 2012: children in an urban world* Technical Reports The report of the 3-D Commission: Data, social determinants, and better decision-making for health Journal Articles The health and well-being of older people in nairobi’s slums*