Wits University
The School of Public Health includes the Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System (HSDSS) site (part of the INDEPTH network) in rural South Africa. It focuses on providing reliable population-based health and demographic information (including registration of births, deaths and migrations). Activities include epidemiological, as well as biomedical and social science research.www.wits.ac.za
Project(s)
- Writing a literature review on growth faltering and impaired development (prevalence, risk factors and interventions) in children under 2 in developing countries, as part of a study proposal for the Gates Foundation. Reference: Shane Norris | Wits University Johannesburg
- Analysing data to validate verbal autopsies in the Agincourt Demographic and Health Surveillance system. Reference: Kathleen Kahn | Wits University Johannesburg
- Writing an article on the validation of verbal autopsies in the Agincourt Demographic and Health Surveillance system. Reference: Kathleen Kahn | Wits University Johannesburg
- Providing editorial support to a book that is part of an INDEPTH initiative to better understand Migration and Urbanization in African and Asian settings. This was done by e.g. reviewing all the chapters for methodological quality. Reference: Steve Tollman | Director of the MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit
- A half-day workshop on Introduction to Epidemiology for participants in the Forced Migration Studies Programme of Wits University. Reference: Lorena Nunez | Wits University Johannesburg
"As director of the MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit, based in rural Mpumalanga, I can say that Dr Annette Gerritsen made a most valuable contribution to the just-published INDEPTH volume on Migration, Livelihoods and Health. In particular, she used her highly developed skills in epidemiology and biostatistics to review all the chapters for methodological quality."
Steve Tollman
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