Verbal autopsy (VA) presents the opportunity to understand the disease burden in many low-
income countries where vital registration systems are underdeveloped and most deaths …

The aim of this investigation was to identify operational and ethical issues encountered in
the application of verbal autopsy (VA) in a rural community in south India. A qualitative study …

Background Due to a paucity of statistics from vital registration systems in developing
countries, the verbal autopsy (VA) approach has been used to obtain cause-specific …

Background Verbal autopsy (VA) plays a vital role in providing cause-of-death information in
places where such information is not available. Many low-/middle-income countries (LMICs) …

Background Verbal autopsy is a pragmatic approach for generating cause-of-death data in
contexts without well-functioning civil registration and vital statistics systems. It has primarily …

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 …

Verbal autopsy (VA) methods are designed to collect cause-of-death information from
populations where many deaths occur outside of health facilities and where death …

Age, sex and cause of death are registered for only a third of all deaths globally, and the vast
majority of these deaths occur in developed countries (Lopez et al. 2000). In rural Africa,≥ …

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 …

Objectives There is a dearth of data on causes of death in rural India, which impedes
identification of public health priorities to guide health interventions. This study aims to offer …