Monitoring mortality trends in low-resource settings.

Monitoring mortality trends in low-resource settings Christina Pagel, Audrey Prost, Nirmala Nair, Prasanta Tripathy, Anthony Costello & Martin Utley a Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, England. b Centre for International Health and Development, University College London, London, England. c Ekjut, Chakradharpur, Jharkhand, India. Correspondence to Christina Pagel (e-mail: [email protected]). (Submitted: 5 July 2011 – Revised version received: 4 November 2011 – Accepted: 11 November 2011 – Published online: 6 February 2012)