Generating cause of death information to inform health policy: implementation of an automated verbal autopsy system in the Solomon Islands
Abstract Background Good quality cause of death (COD) information is fundamental for formulating and evaluating public health policy; yet most deaths in developing countries, including the Solomon Islands, occur at home without medical certification of cause of death (MCCOD). As a result, COD data i...
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Main Authors: | Matthew Reeve (Author), Hafizur Chowdhury (Author), Pasyodun Koralage Buddhika Mahesh (Author), Gregory Jilini (Author), Rooney Jagilly (Author), Baakai Kamoriki (Author), Rodley Ruskin (Author), Deirdre McLaughlin (Author), Alan D. Lopez (Author) |
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2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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