Revising the WHO verbal autopsy instrument to facilitate routine cause-of-death monitoring

• Main Authors: Jordana Leitao (Author), Daniel Chandramohan (Author), Peter Byass (Author), Robert Jakob (Author), Kanitta Bundhamcharoen (Author), Chanpen Choprapawon (Author), Don de Savigny (Author), Edward Fottrell (Author), Elizabeth França (Author), Frederik Frøen (Author), Gihan Gewaifel (Author), Abraham Hodgson (Author), Sennen Hounton (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Anand Krishnan (Author), Vishwajeet Kumar (Author), Honorati Masanja (Author), Erin Nichols (Author), Francis Notzon (Author), Mohammad Hafiz Rasooly (Author), Osman Sankoh (Author), Paul Spiegel (Author), Carla Abouzahr (Author), Marc Amexo (Author), Derege Kebede (Author), William Soumbey Alley (Author), Fatima Marinho (Author), Mohamed Ali (Author), Enrique Loyola (Author), Jyotsna Chikersal (Author), Jun Gao (Author), Giuseppe Annunziata (Author), Rajiv Bahl (Author), Kidist Bartolomeus (Author), Ties Boerma (Author), Bedirhan Ustun (Author), Doris Chou (Author), Lulu Muhe (Author), Matthews Mathai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Verbal autopsy (VA) is a systematic approach for determining causes of death (CoD) in populations without routine medical certification. It has mainly been used in research contexts and involved relatively lengthy interviews. Our objective here is to describe the process used to shorten,...