Routine mortality surveillance to identify the cause of death pattern for out-of-hospital adult (aged 12+ years) deaths in Bangladesh: introduction of automated verbal autopsy

Routine mortality surveillance to identify the cause of death pattern for out-of-hospital adult (aged 12+ years) deaths in Bangladesh: introduction of automated verbal autopsy

Abstract Background In Bangladesh, a poorly functioning national system of registering deaths and determining their causes leaves the country without important information on which to inform health programming, particularly for the 85% of deaths that occur in the community. In 2017, an improved deat...

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Main Authors: Md. Toufiq Hassan Shawon, Shah Ali Akbar Ashrafi, Abul Kalam Azad, Sonja M. Firth, Hafizur Chowdhury, Robert G. Mswia, Tim Adair, Ian Riley, Carla Abouzahr, Alan D. Lopez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Automated verbal autopsy
Mortality statistics
Community deaths
Bangladesh
Causes of death
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10468-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10468-7

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