COVID-19 mortality sentinel surveillance at a tertiary referral hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, 2020-2021.

• Main Authors: Jonas Z Hines (Author), Priscilla Kapombe (Author), Adam Mucheleng'anga (Author), Stephen L Chanda (Author), Amos Hamukale (Author), Mweene Cheelo (Author), Kashala Kamalonga (Author), Leigh Tally (Author), Mwaka Monze (Author), Muzala Kapina (Author), Simon Agolory (Author), Andrew F Auld (Author), Patrick Lungu (Author), Roma Chilengi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Deaths from COVID-19 likely exceeded official statistics in Zambia because of limited testing and incomplete death registration. We describe a sentinel COVID-19 mortality surveillance system in Lusaka, Zambia. We analyzed surveillance data on deceased persons of all ages undergoing verbal autopsy (V...