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Use of verbal autopsy and social autopsy in humanitarian crises [PDF]

BMJ Global Health, 2018
Introduction Two billion people live in countries affected by conflict, violence and fragility. These are exceptional situations in which mortality shifts dramatically and in which civil registration and vital statistics systems are often weakened or cease to function.
Lisa-Marie Thomas, Lucia D’Ambruoso, Dina Balabanova   +2 more
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Causes of death through verbal autopsy: findings from a sub-study of single dose oral cholera vaccination in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh

Journal of Global Health Reports, 2022
# Background Verbal autopsy can play a key crucial to identify significant causes of death in a developing country like Bangladesh where post-death pathological or forensic examination is not common.
Md. Taufiqul Islam, Md. Mazharul I. Zion, Md. Arifuzzaman Khan, Zahid H. Khan, Faisal Ahmmed, Shamim Ahmed, Azimuddin Ahmed, Afroza Akter, Fahima Chowdhury, Amit Saha, Nirod C. Saha, Deok R. Kim, Jean-Louis Excler, Julia Lynch, John D. Clemens, Firdausi Qadri, Ashraful I. Khan   +16 more
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Causes of mortality for Indonesian Hajj Pilgrims: comparison between routine death certificate and verbal autopsy findings. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Indonesia provides the largest single source of pilgrims for the Hajj (10%). In the last two decades, mortality rates for Indonesian pilgrims ranged between 200-380 deaths per 100,000 pilgrims over the 10-week Hajj period.
Masdalina Pane, Sholah Imari, Qomariah Alwi, I Nyoman Kandun, Alex R Cook, Gina Samaan   +5 more
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Verbal autopsy models in determining causes of death [PDF]

Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2021
AbstractObjectivesTo systematically review current practices, strengths and limitations of existing VA approaches to increase understanding of health system stakeholders and researchers.MethodsThe review was conducted and reported based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines, in which articles ...
Mahadia, Tunga, Juma, Lungo, James, Chambua, Ruthbetha, Kateule   +3 more
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Effects of recall time on cause-of-death findings using verbal autopsy: empirical evidence from rural South Africa

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology, 2016
Background Verbal autopsy (VA) is a widely used technique for assigning causes to non-medically certified deaths using information gathered from a close caregiver. Both operational and cultural factors may cause delays in follow-up of deaths.
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Max Petzold, Mark Collinson, Stephen Tollman, Kathleen Kahn, Peter Byass   +5 more
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Validation of verbal autopsy tool for ascertaining the causes of stillbirth. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
OBJECTIVE:To assess performance of the WHO revised verbal autopsy tool for ascertaining the causes of still birth in comparison with reference standard cause of death ascertained by standardized clinical and supportive data.
Sidrah Nausheen, Sajid B Soofi, Kamran Sadiq, Atif Habib, Ali Turab, Zahid Memon, M Imran Khan, Zamir Suhag, Zaid Bhatti, Imran Ahmed, Rajiv Bahl, Shireen Bhutta, Zulfiqar A Bhutta   +12 more
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Strengthening causes of death identification through community-based verbal autopsy during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Public Health, 2022
Introduction Indonesia has not optimally provided complete and reliable civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS). Death certification is one of the elements of the CRVS system. Reliable data on death rates and causes serve as the basis for building
Kemal Nazarudin Siregar, Rico Kurniawan, Dion Zein Nuridzin, Ryza Jazid BaharuddinNur, Retnowati, Yolanda Handayani, Rohjayanti, Lindawati Halim   +7 more
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Value of Verbal Autopsy in a Fragile Setting: Reported versus Estimated Community Deaths Associated with COVID-19, Banadir, Somalia

Pathogens, 2023
Background: Accurate mortality data associated with infectious diseases such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are often unavailable in countries with fragile health systems such as Somalia. We compared officially reported COVID-19 deaths in Somalia
Tahlil Abdi Afrah, Lilly M. Nyagah, Asma Swaleh Ali, Mary Karanja, Hassan W. Nor, Solomon Abera, Ali Sh Mohamed, Mohamed Ahmed Yusuf Guled, Mohamed Mohamud Hassan Biday, Majdouline Obtel, Sk Md Mamunur Rahman Malik   +10 more
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Using verbal autopsy to assess the prevalence of HIV infection among deaths in the ART period in rural Uganda: a prospective cohort study, 2006-2008

Population Health Metrics, 2011
Background Verbal autopsy is important for detecting causes of death including HIV in areas with inadequate vital registration systems. Before antiretroviral therapy (ART) introduction, a verbal autopsy study in rural Uganda found that half of adult ...
Mugisha Joseph O, Kibengo Freddie M, Nalweyiso Norah, Baisley Kathy, Mayanja Billy N, Van der Paal Lieve, Maher Dermot, Kaleebu Pontiano   +7 more
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Accuracy of WHO verbal autopsy tool in determining major causes of neonatal deaths in India. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of World Health Organisation (WHO) verbal autopsy tool in determining major causes of neonatal deaths.
Arun K Aggarwal, Praveen Kumar, Sadbhawna Pandit, Rajesh Kumar   +3 more
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