Estimating causes of death where there is no medical certification: evolution and state of the art of verbal autopsy

D Chandramohan, E Fottrell, J Leitao… - Global Health …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Cohort profile update: Manhiça health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) of the Manhiça health research centre (CISM)

A Nhacolo, E Jamisse, O Augusto… - International journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The data collection tool was changed from Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to tablets due
to technical difficulties. Tablets were adopted also to accommodate the Open Health …

Causes and circumstances of maternal death: a secondary analysis of the Community-Level Interventions for Pre-eclampsia (CLIP) trials cohort

AM Aukes, K Arion, JN Bone, J Li, M Vidler… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Incomplete vital registration systems mean that causes of death during
pregnancy and childbirth are poorly understood in low-income and middle-income …

Temporal changes in cause of death among adolescents and adults in six countries in eastern and southern Africa in 1995–2019: a multi-country surveillance study of …

Y Chu, M Marston, A Dube, C Festo… - The Lancet Global …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background The absence of high-quality comprehensive civil registration and vital statistics
systems across many settings in Africa has led to little empirical data on causes of death in …

Validation of verbal autopsy methods for assessment of child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa and the policy implication: a rapid review

CJ Uneke, HC Uro-Chukwu, OE Chukwu - Pan African Medical Journal, 2019 - ajol.info
Reliable data on the cause of child death is the cornerstone for evidence-informed health
policy making towards improving child health outcomes. Unfortunately, accurate data on …

[HTML][HTML] Countrywide mortality surveillance for action in Mozambique: results from a national sample-based vital statistics system for mortality and cause of death

I Macicame, AM Kante, E Wilson, B Gilbert… - The American Journal …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sub-Saharan Africa lacks timely, reliable, and accurate national data on mortality and
causes of death (CODs). In 2018 Mozambique launched a sample registration system …

Integrated sustainable childhood pneumonia and infectious disease reduction in Nigeria (INSPIRING) through whole system strengthening in Jigawa, Nigeria: study …

C King, RA Burgess, AA Bakare, F Shittu, J Salako… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
Background Child mortality remains unacceptably high, with Northern Nigeria reporting
some of the highest rates globally (eg 192/1000 live births in Jigawa State). Coverage of key …

Mortality transition over a quarter century in rural South Africa: findings from population surveillance in Agincourt 1993-2018

CW Kabudula, B Houle, D Ohene-Kwofie… - Global health …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background Mortality burden in South Africa since the mid-1990s has been
characterized by a quadruple disease burden: HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB); other …

Household structure, composition and child mortality in the unfolding antiretroviral therapy era in rural South Africa: comparative evidence from population surveillance …

B Houle, C Kabudula, D Gareta, K Herbst, SJ Clark - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The structure and composition of the household has important influences on child
mortality. However, little is known about these factors in HIV-endemic areas and how …

Agreement between cause of death assignment by computer-coded verbal autopsy methods and physician coding of verbal autopsy interviews in South Africa

P Groenewald, J Thomas, SJ Clark, D Morof… - Global Health …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Background The South African national cause of death validation (NCODV
2017/18) project collected a national sample of verbal autopsies (VA) with cause of death …