Resources – Situational Assessment

Step 2

Summary of Digital Tools

Table of Digital Tool Typology (pdf) From the Scoping Review of Digital Tools for Mortality Surveillance in Sub-Saharan Africa Report

Formative In-Depth Interview Research Guide (docx) A set of questions to help collect information from different people in the community about how pregnancies, births, and deaths are tracked.
Screening Questionnaire (docx) A screening questionnaire for use in communities to learn about best practices for identifying pregnancies, births, and deaths.
Telephone or Email Script (docx) A short script to use to request a brief interview with government health officials.

Inventory of Mortality Data Systems or Initiatives (docx) A table to help collect information about different systems or programs that record deaths and causes of death.
Tool for Stakeholders (docx) A questionnaire for interviewing government and organization leaders who work with mortality data.
Tool for Managers (docx) A questionnaire for interviewing managers of existing mortality data systems to learn how their platforms work.

Indicative Guidance for Assessing the Mortality Data Landscape (docx) A document outlining how to carry out an assessment of existing mortality systems and platforms that collect mortality data.

Last updated
June 2, 2025