CHESS: an innovative concept for a new generation of population surveillance

Abstract

Momentum towards the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is encouraging, after the UN Conference on Funding for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,1 and the UN Sustainable Development Summit.2 However, one of the major difficulties in assessment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been the absence of effective measurability. Data of better quality and greater quantity, especially at the subnational level, must underpin the SDGs.