Comparison of the Causes of Death Identified Using Automated Verbal Autopsy and Complete Autopsy among Brought-in-Dead Cases at a Tertiary Hospital in Sub-Sahara Africa
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DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749118
Abstract: Background Over one-third of deaths recorded at health facilities in Zambia are brought in dead (BID) and the causes of death (CODs) are not fully analyzed. The use of automated verbal autopsy (VA) has reportedly… read more here.
Keywords: automated verbal; death; causes death; verbal autopsy ... See more keywords
Enhancing the value of mortality data for health systems: adding Circumstances Of Mortality CATegories (COMCATs) to deaths investigated by verbal autopsy
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DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2019.1680068
Abstract: ABSTRACT Half of the world’s deaths and their causes pass unrecorded by routine registration systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Verbal autopsy (VA) collects information on medical signs, symptoms and circumstances from witnesses of… read more here.
Keywords: death; circumstances mortality; mortality; health systems ... See more keywords
Refining circumstances of mortality categories (COMCAT): a verbal autopsy model connecting circumstances of deaths with outcomes for public health decision-making
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DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2021.2000091
Abstract: ABSTRACT Background Recognising that the causes of over half the world’s deaths pass unrecorded, the World Health Organization (WHO) leads development of Verbal Autopsy (VA): a method to understand causes of death in otherwise unregistered… read more here.
Keywords: health; health decision; decision making; public health ... See more keywords
Direct maternal deaths attributable to HIV in the era of ART: evidence from three population-based HIV cohorts with verbal autopsy.
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DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002552
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To assess whether HIV in associated with an increased risk of mortality from direct maternal complications. DESIGN Population-based cohort study using data from three demographic surveillance sites in Eastern and Southern Africa. METHODS We… read more here.
Keywords: direct maternal; hiv; mortality; verbal autopsy ... See more keywords
Use of verbal autopsy and social autopsy in humanitarian crises
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000640
Abstract: Introduction Two billion people live in countries affected by conflict, violence and fragility. These are exceptional situations in which mortality shifts dramatically and in which civil registration and vital statistics systems are often weakened or… read more here.
Keywords: autopsy social; use verbal; social autopsy; autopsy ... See more keywords
Trends and causes of adult mortality from 2007 to 2017 using verbal autopsy method, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047095
Abstract: Objectives We aim to analyse the trends and causes of mortality among adults in Addis Ababa. Setting This analysis was conducted using verbal autopsy data from the Addis Ababa Mortality Surveillance in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.… read more here.
Keywords: cause; 2007 2017; mortality; verbal autopsy ... See more keywords
Routine mortality surveillance to identify the cause of death pattern for out-of-hospital adult (aged 12+ years) deaths in Bangladesh: introduction of automated verbal autopsy
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10468-7
Abstract: Background In Bangladesh, a poorly functioning national system of registering deaths and determining their causes leaves the country without important information on which to inform health programming, particularly for the 85% of deaths that occur… read more here.
Keywords: death; adult; verbal autopsy; automated verbal ... See more keywords
Automated verbal autopsy: from research to routine use in civil registration and vital statistics systems
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DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01520-1
Abstract: Background The majority of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have adequate civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems to properly support health policy formulation. Verbal autopsy (VA), long used in research, can provide… read more here.
Keywords: vital statistics; verbal autopsy; health; civil registration ... See more keywords
Limitations to current methods to estimate cause of death: a validation study of a verbal autopsy model.
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DOI: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13132.2
Abstract: Background: Accurate information on causes of death (CoD) is essential to estimate burden of disease, track global progress, prioritize cost-effective interventions, and inform policies to reduce mortality. In low-income settings, where a significant proportion of… read more here.
Keywords: death; cause; estimate; autopsy ... See more keywords
Causes of infant deaths and patterns of associated factors in Eastern Ethiopia: Results of verbal autopsy (InterVA-4) study
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270245
Abstract: Background In a range of setting, detecting and generate empirical information on the cause of infant death and contributing risk factors at population level is basically utmost essential to take evidence-based measures in reducing infant… read more here.
Keywords: infant deaths; cause; death; verbal autopsy ... See more keywords
Burden of mortality from cancer among adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, using verbal autopsy, 2007–2017
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DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2022.1428
Abstract: Background: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death; worldwide, there were 10.0 million cancer deaths in 2020. In Ethiopia, 51,865 people died from the disease in the same year. We aimed to describe… read more here.
Keywords: adults addis; mortality; verbal autopsy; addis ababa ... See more keywords