Background Verbal autopsy could be more widely used if interpretation by computer
algorithm could be relied on. We assessed how InterVA-4 results compared with clinician …

Background The advent of the HIV pandemic and the more recent prevention and
therapeutic interventions have resulted in extensive and rapid changes in cause-specific …

Background Verbal autopsy is important for detecting causes of death including HIV in areas
with inadequate vital registration systems. Before antiretroviral therapy (ART) introduction, a …

Background Data needed to estimate causes of death and the pattern of these deaths are
scarce in sub-Saharan Africa. Such data are very important for targeting, monitoring, and …

Objective: To estimate AIDS-related adult mortality using verbal autopsies (VA) in a rural sub-
Saharan African setting with high HIV prevalence. Design: VA data were collected from …

Background There are scant data on the causes of adult deaths in sub-Saharan Africa. We
estimated the level and trends in adult mortality, overall and by different causes, in rural …

Background Verbal autopsy is currently the only option for obtaining cause of death
information in most populations with a widespread HIV/AIDS epidemic. Methods With the …

Background Vital registration and cause of death reporting is incomplete in the countries in
which the HIV epidemic is most severe. A reliable tool that is independent of HIV status is …

Background In general, information on the causes of adult deaths in developing countries is
scarce. More specifically, relatively little is known about the effect of HIV-1 associated …

Background Developing countries generally lack complete vital registration systems that can
produce cause of death information for health planning in their populations. As an …