Use of the Demographic and Health Survey framework as a population surveillance strategy for COVID-19

Type Journal Article Author S V Subramanian Author K S James URL https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2214109X20302138 Pages S2214109X20302138 Publication The Lancet Global Health ISSN 2214109X Date 29/04/2020 Journal Abbr The Lancet Global Health DOI 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30213-8 Accessed 2020-05-05 17:43:01 Library Catalog DOI.org (Crossref) Language en Abstract Governments worldwide are currently deliberating the feasibility of a national shutdown strategy to contain and mitigate the effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on their country’s population. Testing for COVID-19 is mainly being done among at-risk individuals (eg, those with influenza-like symptoms, people who have had contact with an individual testing positive for COVID-19, health-care professionals, or those with a travel history to an affected region),1thus an accurate value for how many individuals are truly infected is not known.