The circumstances of 94 deaths among females aged 15-49 years in Cape Verde were investigated to assess their access to effective care. Persons associated with the deceased women were interviewed (verbal autopsy) to explore contributing causes of death, perceived illnesses and treatment efforts. The certainty of diagnosis and avoidability of the fatal outcome were assessed by a panel of experts. A model of health care accessibility is elaborated to identify restricting (delay) factors. Deliberate avoidance of modern medical care and reliance on traditional medicine were major delay factors, while unawareness of the severity of symptoms and affordability limits were minor delay factors in this population. A detailed sorting of cases by healt...
Objetivos: avaliar a mortalidade evitável de mulheres em idade reprodutiva, residentes em Campinas, ...
International audienceBACKGROUND: Little is known about the causes of death in human immunodeficienc...
Abstract Background Verbal autopsy (VA) is an established tool for assessing cause-specific mortalit...
The circumstances of 94 deaths among females aged 15-49 years in Cape Verde were investigated to as...
Objectives: Cardiovascular diseases are the second leading cause of mortality behind HIV/AIDS in Sou...
Background: Verbal autopsy (VA) is a health surveillance technique used in low and middle-income cou...
Objectives Cardiovascular diseases are the second leading cause of mortality behind HIV/AIDS in Sout...
Background: Time-critical conditions (TCC) are estimated to cause substantial mortality in low and m...
Background. - Mortality of adult females is very high in Democratic Republic of Congo and often caus...
ObjectiveInjury burden is highest in low-income and middle-income countries. To reduce avoidable dea...
Objective: Injury burden is highest in low-income and middle-income countries. To reduce avoidable d...
BACKGROUND: Verbal autopsy (VA) is an established tool for assessing cause-specific mortality patter...
Half of the world’s deaths and their causes pass unrecorded by routine registration systems, particu...
Background Maternal mortality is the vital indicator with the greatest disparity bet...
Acknowledgments Thank you to the team at the Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public H...
Objetivos: avaliar a mortalidade evitável de mulheres em idade reprodutiva, residentes em Campinas, ...
International audienceBACKGROUND: Little is known about the causes of death in human immunodeficienc...
Abstract Background Verbal autopsy (VA) is an established tool for assessing cause-specific mortalit...
The circumstances of 94 deaths among females aged 15-49 years in Cape Verde were investigated to as...
Objectives: Cardiovascular diseases are the second leading cause of mortality behind HIV/AIDS in Sou...
Background: Verbal autopsy (VA) is a health surveillance technique used in low and middle-income cou...
Objectives Cardiovascular diseases are the second leading cause of mortality behind HIV/AIDS in Sout...
Background: Time-critical conditions (TCC) are estimated to cause substantial mortality in low and m...
Background. - Mortality of adult females is very high in Democratic Republic of Congo and often caus...
ObjectiveInjury burden is highest in low-income and middle-income countries. To reduce avoidable dea...
Objective: Injury burden is highest in low-income and middle-income countries. To reduce avoidable d...
BACKGROUND: Verbal autopsy (VA) is an established tool for assessing cause-specific mortality patter...
Half of the world’s deaths and their causes pass unrecorded by routine registration systems, particu...
Background Maternal mortality is the vital indicator with the greatest disparity bet...
Acknowledgments Thank you to the team at the Medical Research Council/Wits University Rural Public H...
Objetivos: avaliar a mortalidade evitável de mulheres em idade reprodutiva, residentes em Campinas, ...
International audienceBACKGROUND: Little is known about the causes of death in human immunodeficienc...
Abstract Background Verbal autopsy (VA) is an established tool for assessing cause-specific mortalit...