1.1 Background Cause of death statistics are an essential data source for monitoring the
health of the nations and identifying priorities. They also make an extremely important …

Introduction Causes of deaths often go unrecorded in lower income countries, yet this
information is critical. Verbal autopsy is a questionnaire interview with a family member or …

Zoonoses are an issue of growing interest in South-East Asia, where environmental factors
and socio-economic context favor the endemization of well-known diseases and the …

Background InterVA is a widely disseminated tool for cause of death attribution using
information from verbal autopsies. Several studies have attempted to validate the …

Objectives Conventional autopsies remain the gold standard of postmortem healthcare
quality assurance and help gathering extended knowledge on diseases. In answer to …

Background Mortality statistics by age, sex and cause are the foundation of basic health data
required for health status assessment, epidemiological research and formation of health …

Background Ascertaining the causes for deaths occurring outside health facilities is a
significant problem in many developing countries where civil registration systems are not …

Background Stroke is a leading cause of death in Asia; however, many estimates of stroke
mortality are based on epidemiological models rather than empirical data. Since 2005 …

Background Information on causes of death (COD) is crucial for measuring the health
outcomes of populations and progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. In …

Objective To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of different tuberculosis control strategies in
Thailand. Methods Different tuberculosis control strategies, which included health-worker …