Community-Minimal Invasive Tissue Sampling (cMITS) using a modified ambulance for ascertaining the cause of death: A novel approach piloted in a remote inaccessible rural area in India

• Main Authors: Ashish Satav (Author), Niteen Wairagkar (Author), Shubhada Khirwadkar (Author), Vibhawari Dani (Author), Reeta Rasaily (Author), Usha Agrawal (Author), Yagnesh Thakar (Author), Dhananjay Raje (Author), Fouzia Siraj (Author), Pradyot Garge (Author), Sameer Palaskar (Author), Shraddha Kumbhare (Author), Eric A. F. Simões (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Melghat in India is a hilly, forested, difficult to access, impoverished rural area in northeast part of Maharashtra (Central India) with difficult healthcare access. Melghat has very high Mortality rates, because of grossly inadequate medical facilities. (1) Home deaths contribu...