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Using verbal autopsy to enhance mortality surveillance

The Lancet Global Health
Dickens, Onyango, Benard, Awuonda
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Ischemic Heart Disease in the Middle East and North Africa, 1990–2021: An Integrated Analysis of Temporal Trends, Country‐Level Variation, SDI Patterns, and Risk Factors

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Ischemic heart disease (IHD) remains a leading cause of mortality and disability worldwide. Using Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 estimates, this study provides an integrated assessment of IHD burden across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region from 1990 to 2021, highlighting temporal trends, inter‐country heterogeneity,
Nahid Karamzad, Saeid Safiri, Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi, Seyed Ehsan Mousavi, Fatemeh Amiri, Mohammad Rahmanian, Mark J. M. Sullman, Ali‐Asghar Kolahi   +7 more
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Causes and determinants of infant mortality using verbal autopsy and social autopsy methods in a rural population of Odisha: a community-based matched case-control study. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Pal D, Singh AK, Satapathy AK, Behera P, Mishra A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Verbal autopsy: Current practices and challenges

Verbal autopsy: Current practices and challenges
Cause-of-death data derived from verbal autopsy (VA) are increasingly used for health planning, priority setting, monitoring and evaluation in countries with incomplete or no vital registration systems. In some regions of the world it is the only method available to obtain estimates on the distribution of causes of death.
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Revealing Sex Disparities in the Burden of Diarrheal Diseases Among Children Under 5: Global and Asian Trends and Projections, 1990–2050 – A Population‐Based Observational Analysis Using GBD 2021 Data

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Although the global burden of diarrheal diseases (DDs) among children under 5 years of age has declined substantially over recent decades, sex‐specific disparities and regional heterogeneity across Asia—particularly regarding non‐fatal outcomes—remain insufficiently characterized.
Maedeh Amini, Paria Dehesh, Melina Farshbafnadi, Elaheh Dehghani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution of chronic diseases and multimorbidity clusters among the deceased in rural northeast South Africa (2012-2022): Insights from verbal autopsy data

Chironda CT, Chirwa T, Mlambo F, Mupfuti R, Ohene-Kwofie D, Njiro BJ, Bashingwa JJH, Tollman S, Kahn K, Gomez-Olive FX, Kabudula CW.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Are all tuberculosis deaths correctly attributed due to tuberculosis? Analysis of causes of death (COD) using verbal autopsy: A cross-sectional study in Puducherry. [PDF]

J Family Med Prim Care
Mohan R, Rajalakshmi M, Kalaiselvan G.
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Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Middle East and North Africa Region From 1990 to 2021

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) represents a major and rapidly growing public health challenge worldwide, particularly in regions undergoing rapid demographic and lifestyle transitions. The present study aimed to report the burden and trends associated with T2DM in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region from 1990 to
Nahid Karamzad, Mohammad Rahmanian, Reza Aletaha, Mark J. M. Sullman, Ali‐Asghar Kolahi, Fikrettin Şahin, Saeid Safiri   +6 more
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Estimation of cause-specific mortality in Rakai, Uganda, using verbal autopsy 1999-2019. [PDF]

Glob Health Action
Nabukalu D, Calazans JA, Marston M, Calvert C, Nakawooya H, Nansereko B, Sekubugu R, Nakigozi G, Serwadda D, Sewankambo N, Kigozi G, Gray RH, Nalugoda F, Makumbi F, Lutalo T, Todd J.   +15 more
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Poultry Coccidiosis in and Around Arba Minch, Southern Ethiopia: A Study Based on Coprological and Postmortem Findings

Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, Volume 14, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Ethiopia has a large chicken population, but its economic contribution is limited by disease challenges, especially coccidiosis. Despite coccidiosis's economic and health impacts, there is a notable gap in detailed knowledge regarding the predominant Eimeria species, associated intestinal lesions, and distribution ...
Yacob Bekele, Minale Getachew, Mitiku Yohannes, Ephrem Tora   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source