Mortuary and hospital-based HIV mortality surveillance among decedents in a low-resource setting: lessons from Western Kenya

• Autori principali: Emmanuel Nyakeriga (Autore), Wanjiru Waruiru (Autore), Valarie Opollo (Autore), Anthony Waruru (Autore), Leonard Kingwara (Autore), Dickens Onyango (Autore), Muthoni Junghae (Autore), Sheru Muuo (Autore), Teresia Macharia (Autore), Catherine Ngugi (Autore), Mary Mwangome (Autore), Hammad Ali (Autore)
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• Pubblicazione: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Lack of dependable morbidity and mortality data complicates efforts to measure the demographic or population-level impact of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Mortuary-based mortality surveillance can address gaps in vital statistics in low-resource settings by improving accuracy of...