InterVA

InterVA is a suite of tools for determining cause of death from verbal autopsy interviews - a free resource for all

[Peter Byass @PeterByass]

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

[InterVA @InterVA]

Pleased to have collaborated on the software tool at https://t.co/Xr3qo9QInP, that is embedded in this @ResolveTSL @VitalStrat @WHO @BloombergDotOrg @AfricaCDC @eca_official @unescap @CDCFound technical package for rapid #COVID19 mortality surveillance

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

At @ResolveTSL and @VitalStrat, we worked with @WHO and other partners, including @BloombergDotOrg, @AfricaCDC, @eca_official, @unescap, and @CDCFound on a technical package to help governments use existing CRVS systems to rapidly assess deaths. https://t.co/2JqA9kuCI2

[InterVA @InterVA]

A new paper @GlobalHealthBMJ using @InterVA to determine cause of death
https://t.co/YiWmxsoL1u

[Justine Ina Davies @drjackoids]

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

[InterVA @InterVA]

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.

[Peter Byass @PeterByass]

Thanks Carla - we hope it will be widely used, specially as the marginal cost when using @InterVA -5 is zero!

[InterVA @InterVA]

New article @GlobalHealthAct explains how circumstances of death categories (#COMCAT) from #verbal_autopsy complement medical cause of death
https://t.co/f8Sdbspav4

[InterVA @InterVA]

Another study that used @InterVA methods to determine cause of death
@INDEPTHNetwork @WeAllCount2

[Peter Byass @PeterByass]

Latest malaria global estimates @TheLancet https://t.co/btZtGqp6Rg confirm our on-the-ground #verbal_autopsy findings from #Mpumulanga Province #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦 that #malaria is increasing:
"The long road to elimination" @CambUP_gheg https://t.co/56KM8kY0hx

[InterVA @InterVA]

Child #mortality analysis in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 using @InterVA

[Peter Byass @PeterByass]

Interesting paper on community-based #verbalautopsy for childhood deaths in #Freetown, #SierraLeone
https://t.co/sYslzAoyIZ
@oasankoh @stats_sl

[Peter Byass @PeterByass]

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

[Peter Byass @PeterByass]

New paper @BMJ_Open exploring the back-stories of external injury deaths identified by @InterVA in rural #SouthAfrica
@weallcount2 @annajdare @ldambruoso @VAPARorg @AndyLeather1 @drjackoids

https://t.co/DjTvUW7VSt

[Ed Fottrell @fottrell]

An integrated approach to processing WHO-2016 verbal autopsy data: the InterVA-5 model https://t.co/tCu42OTuqB

[Ed Fottrell @fottrell]

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

[Ed Fottrell @fottrell]

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

[InterVA @InterVA]

More details @BMCMedicine https://t.co/U7bD0kSU8T

[Peter Byass @PeterByass]

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

[Peter Byass @PeterByass]

More resources are available at https://t.co/NwsyWKdoj1 … and https://t.co/ITIJChqDYB - including full open-source code and data. Thanks to collaborators @luciadambruoso @sinafala @drjackoids @fottrell @VAPARorg @WeAllCount2 @UCLGlobalHealth @UCGHR @INDEPTHNetwork and all!

[Peter Byass @PeterByass]

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.

[Peter Byass @PeterByass]

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

[Peter Byass @PeterByass]

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

[Peter Byass @PeterByass]

New @BMCMedicine - An integrated approach to processing @WHO-2016 #verbal_autopsy data: the @InterVA-5 model - open-source software included

https://t.co/rQjjWGb5sI

[InterVA @InterVA]

Another good example of @InterVA tools being used effectively

[Peter Byass @PeterByass]

Pleased to see these analyses of #cause_of_death and #socioeconomic factors published from @INDEPTHNetwork data @GlobalHealthAct

Thanks @gbukhman @musukamanda @meIamMarylene @CKyobutungi @oasankoh
(and more not on Twitter!)

https://t.co/gorkVJsQRJ