Important editorial @WHOBulletin
"Mortality surveillance during the #COVID19 pandemic"
which is closely linked to new free tools from @WHO@VitalStrat@CDCgov@InterVA and others available at
https://t.co/vfroV8JoJj
https://t.co/zsc7IM7qeZ
Healthcare access people dying of time critical conditions in South Africa. The most common access pattern was to access no healthcare and die outwith a facility. https://t.co/HBgeZzstWi @PeterByass@luciadambruoso@mkruk @UoB_IAHR @MariaOdland
We've recently released a technical update, InterVA-5.1, which as always is available at https://t.co/0ZvmxziqPr
The concepts and the software remain unchanged, but there are some minor adjustments and corrections to the knowledge base and the documentation.
New article @GlobalHealthAct explains how circumstances of death categories (#COMCAT) from #verbal_autopsy complement medical cause of death
https://t.co/f8Sdbspav4
What we die from matters - and half of global #deaths are not registered. @WHO sets standards for #verbal_autopsy and the latest @InterVA-5 software can process causes of death. Here's the details and resources in @BMCMedicine
https://t.co/i9LEFwgKb7
One of the most fundamental questions in #globalhealth - what do people die from? For most deaths we do not know the answer but developments in #verbal_autopsy are helping to fill this data gap. Proud to be part of this international scientific collaboration led by @PeterByass
Great thread summarising the problem of uncounted deaths and the methods being used to fill the data gap for better health planning and goal monitoring in the world's poorest settings #SDGs#globalhealth
The @InterVA-5 model processes all the @WHO VA cause categories across all age groups, so a complete picture of deaths in a population can be produced. This is useful for planners at local, national and global levels, including @UN#SDG targets.
https://t.co/OiTpJLtpug
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.
Standards for VA are set by @WHO but software for processing the data into causes of death are also needed. Just out @BMCMedicine are details and resources for the @InterVA-5 model that does this systematically and consistently
https://t.co/i9LEFwgKb7
The new model has been developed and tested to be as widely applicable as possible - including accepting input data from the previous @WHO-2012 standard and the SmartVA format
https://t.co/C7ikPqZmZZ
New @BMCMedicine - An integrated approach to processing @WHO-2016 #verbal_autopsy data: the @InterVA-5 model - open-source software included
https://t.co/rQjjWGb5sI