New challenges for verbal autopsy: Considering the ethical and social implications of verbal autopsy methods in routine health information systems [PDF]
Social Science & Medicine, 2017 Verbal autopsy (VA) methods are designed to collect cause-of-death information from populations where many deaths occur outside of health facilities and where death certification is weak or absent. A VA consists of an interview with a relative or carer of a recently deceased individual in order to gather information on the signs and symptoms the ...
Abraham D. Flaxman +9 more
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Community-linked maternal death review (CLMDR) to measure and prevent maternal mortality: a pilot study in rural Malawi. [PDF]
, 2015 In Malawi, maternal mortality remains high. Existing maternal death reviews fail to adequately review most deaths, or capture those that occur outside the health system.
Bayley, O +11 more
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Verbal autopsy of 80,000 adult deaths in Tamilnadu, South India
BMC Public Health, 2004 Background Registration of the fact of death is almost complete in the city of Chennai and not so in the rural Villupuram district in Tamilnadu, India.
Peto Richard, Gajalakshmi Vendhan
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Solid fuel use and cooking practices as a major risk factor for ALRI mortality among African children [PDF]
, 2009 Background: Almost half of global child deaths due to acute lower respiratory infections (ALRIs) occur in sub-Saharan Africa, where three-quarters of the population cook with solid fuels.
Best, N. +4 more
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Classifying perinatal mortality using verbal autopsy: is there a role for nonphysicians?
Population Health Metrics, 2011 Background Because of a physician shortage in many low-income countries, the use of nonphysicians to classify perinatal mortality (stillbirth and early neonatal death) using verbal autopsy could be useful.
Wallace Dennis +15 more
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Validation studies of verbal autopsy methods: a systematic review
BMC Public Health, 2022 Abstract Background Verbal autopsy (VA) has emerged as an increasingly popular technique to assign cause of death in parts of the world where the majority of deaths occur without proper medical certification. The purpose of this study was to examine the key characteristics of studies that have attempted to validate VA ...
Mahesh, BPK +6 more
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Difficulties in estimating the human burden of canine rabies [PDF]
, 2017 Current passive surveillance data for canine rabies, particularly for the regions where the burden is highest, are inadequate for appropriate decision making on control efforts.
Abela-Ridder, Bernadette +4 more
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Measuring maternal mortality : an overview of opportunities and options for developing countries [PDF]
, 2008 Background:There is currently an unprecedented expressed need and demand for estimates of maternal mortality in developing countries. This has been stimulated in part by the creation of a Millennium Development Goal that will be judged partly on the ...
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Application of the verbal autopsy during a clinical trial
Social Science & Medicine, 1990 During a community-based treatment trial of onchocerciasis with ivermectin, verbal autopsies were employed as one method to assess the safety of the drug. The verbal autopsy questionnaire was designed to determine causes of death and mortality differentials in the treated population.
Michel Pacqué +4 more
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An integrated approach to processing WHO-2016 verbal autopsy data: the InterVA-5 model
BMC Medicine, 2019 Background Verbal autopsy is an increasingly important methodology for assigning causes to otherwise uncertified deaths, which amount to around 50% of global mortality and cause much uncertainty for health planning.
Peter Byass +11 more
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