Engaging community health workers in maternal and infant death identification in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a pilot study

• Hauptverfasser: Jude Igumbor (Verfasst von), Olatunji Adetokunboh (Verfasst von), Jocelyn Muller (Verfasst von), Edna N. Bosire (Verfasst von), Ademola Ajuwon (Verfasst von), Rene Phetlhu (Verfasst von), Marjorie Mbule (Verfasst von), Agnes Ronan (Verfasst von), Fiona Burtt (Verfasst von), Esca Scheepers (Verfasst von), Kathrin Schmitz (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Engaging community health workers in a formalised death review process through verbal and social autopsy has been utilised in different settings to estimate the burden and causes of mortality, where civil registration and vital statistics systems are weak. This method has not bee...