Verbal/Social Autopsy in Niger 2012-2013: A new tool for a better understanding of the neonatal and child mortality situation

• Main Authors: Khaled Bensaïd (Author), Asma Gali Yaroh (Author), Henry D Kalter (Author), Alain K Koffi (Author), Agbessi Amouzou (Author), Abdou Maina (Author), Narjis Kazmi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world, recently used for the first time the integrated verbal and social autopsy (VASA) tool to assess the biological causes and social and health system determinants of neonatal and child deaths. These notes summarize the Nigerien experience in the use of...