Quality of vital event data for infant mortality estimation in prospective, population-based studies: an analysis of secondary data from Asia, Africa, and Latin America

• Main Authors: Daniel J. Erchick (Author), Seema Subedi (Author), Andrea Verhulst (Author), Michel Guillot (Author), Linda S. Adair (Author), Aluísio J. D. Barros (Author), Bernard Chasekwa (Author), Parul Christian (Author), Bruna Gonçalves C. da Silva (Author), Mariângela F. Silveira (Author), Pedro C. Hallal (Author), Jean H. Humphrey (Author), Lieven Huybregts (Author), Simon Kariuki (Author), Subarna K. Khatry (Author), Carl Lachat (Author), Alicia Matijasevich (Author), Peter D. McElroy (Author), Ana Maria B. Menezes (Author), Luke C. Mullany (Author), Tita Lorna L. Perez (Author), Penelope A. Phillips-Howard (Author), Dominique Roberfroid (Author), Iná S. Santos (Author), Feiko O. ter Kuile (Author), Thulasiraj D. Ravilla (Author), James M. Tielsch (Author), Lee S. F. Wu (Author), Joanne Katz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction Infant and neonatal mortality estimates are typically derived from retrospective birth histories collected through surveys in countries with unreliable civil registration and vital statistics systems. Yet such data are subject to biases, including under-reporting of deaths and...