Enhancing the value of death registration with verbal autopsy data: a pilot study in the Senegalese urban population in 2019

Abstract Background There is no source of data on causes of death in Senegal that covers both community and hospital deaths. Yet the death registration system in the Dakar region is relatively complete (>80%) and could be expanded to provide information on the diseases and injuries that led to de...

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Main Authors: Khadim Niang, Atoumane Fall, Samba Ndiaye, Maguette Sarr, Khady Ba, Bruno Masquelier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-03-01
Series:Archives of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-023-01067-6