Cause-of-death data derived from verbal autopsy (VA) are increasingly used for health
planning, priority setting, monitoring and evaluation in countries with incomplete or no vital …

Understanding of global health and changing morbidity and mortality is limited by
inadequate measurement of population health. With fewer than one-third of deaths …

Background: Verbal autopsy (VA) is the only available approach for determining the cause
of many deaths, where routine certification is not in place. Therefore, it is important to use …

The three international standard verbal autopsy questionnaires are intended to serve the
needs of multiple users and producers of mortality information, including researchers, policy …

Background Verbal autopsy methods are critically important for evaluating the leading
causes of death in populations without adequate vital registration systems. With a myriad of …

The Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) is located in rural
Burkina Faso and has existed since 1992. Currently, it has about 78,000 inhabitants. It is a …

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 …

Objective: To determine the epidemiology of child drowning in order to propose possible
interventions for Bangladesh and other similar low-income countries. Design: Population …

Background Verbal autopsies provide valuable information for studying mortality patterns in
populations that lack reliable vital registration data. Methods for transforming verbal autopsy …

Background Computer-coded verbal autopsy (CCVA) methods to assign causes of death
(CODs) for medically unattended deaths have been proposed as an alternative to physician …