Background 18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states of India have
populations similar to those of large countries. Action to effectively improve population …

Over the past 70 years, significant advances have been made in determining the causes of
death in populations not served by official medical certification of cause at the time of death …

Background Women have better patient outcomes in HIV care and treatment than men in
sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed—at the population level—whether and to what extent …

The term 'birth asphyxia'was introduced by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1997 to
describe the clinical condition of a newborn who either “fails to establish or sustain regular …

Background A systematic understanding of population-level trends in deaths due to road
injuries at the subnational level over time for India's 1· 4 billion people, by age, sex, and type …

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

Background Incomplete vital registration systems mean that causes of death during
pregnancy and childbirth are poorly understood in low-income and middle-income …

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 Understanding the causes of death is key to tackling the burden of three million
annual neonatal deaths. Resource-poor settings lack effective vital registration systems for …

Background Verbal autopsies (VA) are increasingly used in low-and middle-income
countries where most causes of death (COD) occur at home without medical attention, and …