Verbal autopsy: an analysis of the common causes of childhood death in the Barekese sub-district of Ghana

• Main Authors: Stephen Manortey (Author), Adrienne Carey (Author), Daniel Ansong (Author), Ryan Harvey (Author), Brian Good (Author), Joseph Boaheng (Author), Benjamin Crookston (Author), Ty Dickerson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2011-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The availability of mortality data for any society plays an essential role in health monitoring and evaluation, as well as in the design of health interventions. However, most resource-poor countries such as Ghana have no reliable vital registration system. In these instances, verbal autopsy (VA) ma...