Background In countries where tracking mortality and clinical cause of death are not
routinely undertaken, gathering verbal autopsies (VA) is the principal method of estimating …

Background To accelerate progress toward the Millennium Development Goal 4, reliable
information on causes of child mortality is critical. With more national verbal autopsy (VA) …

Background The majority of deaths in the Philippines occur out-of-facility and require a
medical certificate of cause of death by Municipal Health Officers (MHOs) for burial. MHOs …

Background A verbal autopsy (VA) is an interview conducted with the caregivers of someone
who has recently died to describe the circumstances of the death. In recent years, several …

Background Cause of death data are essential for rational health planning yet are not
routinely available in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Solomon Islands. Indirect estimation of …

Background In countries with incomplete or no vital registration systems, verbal autopsy data
are often reviewed by physicians in order to assign the probable cause of death. But in …

Autopsy examination, the gold standard for defining causes of death, is often difficult to apply
in certain health care settings, especially in developing countries. The COVID-19 pandemic …

Background Verbal autopsy (VA) is an established tool for assessing cause-specific
mortality patterns in communities where deaths are not routinely medically certified, and is …

Half of the world's deaths and their causes pass unrecorded by routine registration systems,
particularly in low-and middle-income countries. Verbal autopsy (VA) collects information on …

Objective:'Verbal autopsy'(VA) is used to ascertain cause of death in countries where vital
registration systems are lacking. Current VA methods for neonatal deaths vary widely and …