Around 50% of deaths in the world aren't documented according to @WHO, mostly in LMICs, and #verbal_autopsy (VA interviews with witnesses of deaths) is a useful method for tackling this. Cause of death data are important for planning health services.
New @BMCMedicine - An integrated approach to processing @WHO-2016 #verbal_autopsy data: the @InterVA-5 model - open-source software included
https://t.co/rQjjWGb5sI
A fine academic from #SierraLeone Prof Johannes John-Langba at the University of Kwazulu Natal @UKZN in Durban South Africa has received another international award. Johannes was partner to INDEPTH Network @INDEPTHNetwork while at the University of Cape Town @UCT_news
At #WHA72? Join GCHA and @WHO at the launch of the WHO-Civil Society Working Group for Action on Climate & Health. Learn more: https://t.co/BHRgFDB9ot
“#EveryNewborn-INDEPTH” (EN-INDEPTH) study protocol for a randomised comparison of household survey modules for measuring #stillbirths and neonatal deaths in five Health and Demographic Surveillance sites, https://t.co/sObO60SpjS w/ @MARCH_LSHTM@joylawn@INDEPTHNetwork#HDSS
Verbal autopsies performed by lay community health workers collect critical #mortality information and can capture information missed by passive surveillance https://t.co/G05q08xjuL