Can verbal autopsies be used on a national scale? Key findings and lessons from South Africa's national cause-of-death validation study

Can verbal autopsies be used on a national scale? Key findings and lessons from South Africa's national cause-of-death validation study

Background Verbal autopsy (VA), though imperfect, serves as a vital tool to determine cause-of-death, particularly for out-of-facility deaths, but challenges persist in integrating VA into Civil Registration and Vital Statistics systems. Objective To describe the challenges and successes of collecti...

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Main Authors: Monique Maqungo, Nadine Nannan, Beatrice Nojilana, Erin Nichols, Diane Morof, Mireille Cheyip, Chalapati Rao, Carl Lombard, Jessica Price, Kathleen Kahn, Lorna J. Martin, Francois Bezuidenhout, Ria Laubscher, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Tracy Glass, Oluwatoyin Awotiwon, Nesbert Zinyakatira, Noluntu Funani, Jané Joubert, Debbie Bradshaw, Pamela Groenewald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-12-01
Series:Global Health Action
Subjects:
cause of death
cause-specific mortality fractions
civil registration and vital statistics
verbal autopsy
south africa
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2024.2399413
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