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

• Main Authors: Monique Maqungo (Author), Nadine Nannan (Author), Beatrice Nojilana (Author), Erin Nichols (Author), Diane Morof (Author), Mireille Cheyip (Author), Chalapati Rao (Author), Carl Lombard (Author), Jessica Price (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Lorna J. Martin (Author), Francois Bezuidenhout (Author), Ria Laubscher (Author), Chodziwadziwa Kabudula (Author), Tracy Glass (Author), Oluwatoyin Awotiwon (Author), Nesbert Zinyakatira (Author), Noluntu Funani (Author), Jané Joubert (Author), Debbie Bradshaw (Author), Pamela Groenewald (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2024-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

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...