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

Abstract

The revised VA instrument resulting from this consultation process is presented here as a means of making it available for widespread use and evaluation. It is envisaged that this will be used in conjunction with automated models for assigning CoD from VA data, rather than involving physicians.

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Affiliated Institutions

• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine GB
• University of the Witwatersrand ZA
• Umeå University SE
• University College London GB
• Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System ZA
• World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia IN
• Ministry of Public Health AF
• London International Development Centre GB
• United Nations Population Fund US
• World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean EG
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees CH
• All India Institute of Medical Sciences IN
• World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific PH
• World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe DK
• Alexandria University EG
• World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas US
• Ministry of Public Health TH
• Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute CH
• Norwegian Institute of Public Health
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention US
• Indepth Network GH
• World Health Organization CH
• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais BR
• Ifakara Health Institute TZ
• Ghana Health Service GH

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