InterVA-4 as a public health tool for measuring HIV/AIDS mortality: a validation study from five African countries

P Byass, C Calvert, J Miiro-Nakiyingi, T Lutalo… - Global health …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
mortality risks associated with HIV infection (Citation1), in settings where people frequently
die outside the scope of effective medical services, or where the disease … and other diseases, …

Trends in non-communicable disease mortality among adult residents in Nairobi's slums, 2003–2011: applying InterVA-4 to verbal autopsy data

SO Oti, S van de Vijver, C Kyobutungi - Global health action, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
diseases remain the dominant cause of death in Africa, although NCDs were still significant
contributors to mortality. We recommend an integrated approach towards disease prevention …

Who died of what in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a cause of death analysis using InterVA-4

J Mossong, P Byass, K Herbst - Global health action, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… As reported previously, mortality in our setting during the … diseases will grow in importance
and that this will eventually reflect in COD patterns. So far, there is little sign in our mortality

Childhood cause-specific mortality in rural Western Kenya: application of the InterVA-4 model

NO Amek, FO Odhiambo, S Khagayi, H Moige… - Global health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… Infant mortality due to diarrheal diseases significantly increased over the first … cause-specific
childhood mortality fractions in the KEMRI/CDC HDSS using the InterVA-4 model. The …

Estimating cause of adult (15+ years) death using InterVA-4 in a rural district of southern Ghana

E Awini, D Sarpong, A Adjei, AK Manyeh… - Global health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
diseases (CDs), with a malaria-specific mortality rate of 1.06/… This paper therefore focuses
on estimating the mortality rate … district of southern Ghana using the revised InterVA-4 model. …

Applying the InterVA-4 model to determine causes of death in rural Ethiopia

B Weldearegawi, YA Melaku, M Spigt… - Global health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
InterVA-4 was used to interpret the VA data into probable cause of death. Cause-specific
mortality … model were comparable to the expected local burden of diseases. Communicable …

Disease-specific mortality burdens in a rural Gambian population using verbal autopsy, 1998–2007

M Jasseh, SRC Howie, P Gomez, S Scott… - Global health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… fractions (CSMFs) are derived from the three most likely causes of death and the residual
indeterminate fraction assigned by InterVA-4 using disease codes in version 10 of the …

Cause of death during 2009–2012, using a probabilistic model (InterVA-4): an experience from Ballabgarh Health and Demographic Surveillance System in India

SK Rai, S Kant, P Misra, R Srivastava… - Global health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… Overall, non-communicable diseases constituted the largest proportion of mortality, … the
probability of the IntervA-4 model. Geographical pattern of cause-specific mortality risk was not …

… among persons of all ages within the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Kenya, determined from verbal autopsies interpreted using the InterVA-4 …

C Ndila, E Bauni, G Mochamah, V Nyirongo… - Global health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… pattern of mortality as determined by the InterVA-4 model shows a high burden of infectious
diseases, … These mortality patterns are consistent with existing knowledge on the burden of …

Causes of death in two rural demographic surveillance sites in Bangladesh, 2004–2010: automated coding of verbal autopsies using InterVA-4

N Alam, HR Chowdhury, SC Das, A Ashraf… - Global health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… of diseases or conditions that led to death and health care experiences before death. The
computer-automated InterVA-4 … death rates and cause-specific mortality fractions (CSMFs) in …