Introduction Estimates suggest that one in two deaths go unrecorded globally every year in
terms of medical causes, with the majority occurring in low and middle-income countries …

For many people, awareness of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems is limited
to their own personal experience of registering a birth or death, applying for a copy of a birth …

Background Severe or complicated malaria is a medical emergency and people die as a
result of delays in starting treatment. Most patients need parenteral treatment, and in primary …

Objective Verbal autopsy (VA) is a systematic approach for determining causes of death
(CoD) in populations without routine medical certification. It has mainly been used in …

Background: Reliable and representative cause of death (COD) statistics are essential to
inform public health policy, respond to emerging health needs, and document progress …

In the context of high adult mortality and an immense impact on the health burden of Zambia,
a decomposition analysis of age-and cause-specific mortality in age group 15–59 was …

Introduction Zambia's under-resourced public health system will not be able to deliver on its
health-related Millennium Development Goals without a substantial acceleration in mortality …

Objective To describe the age–sex pattern and socio‐economic differentials in causes of
death among adults between the ages of 15 and 59 years in Zambia. Methods Using data …

Abstract Background The Dande Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS)
located in Bengo Province, Angola, covers nearly 65,500 residents living in approximately …

BACKGROUND: A high proportion of deaths in Africa occur at home, where cause of death
(CoD) is often unknown. We ascertained undiagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) by …