Background: Current vital statistics from governmental institutions in Côte d'Ivoire are incomplete. This problem is particularly notable for remote rural areas that have limited access to the health system. Objective: To record all deaths from 2009 to 2011 and to identify the leading causes of death in the Taabo health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) in south-central Côte d'Ivoire. Design: Deaths recorded in the first 3 years of operation of the Taabo HDSS were investigated by verbal autopsy (VA), using the InterVA-4 model. InterVA-4 is based on the World Health Organization 2012 VA tool in terms of input indicators and categories of causes of death. Results: Overall, 948 deaths were recorded, of which 236 (24.9%) had incomplete...
The study compares the cause of death profile in a rural area of South Africa (Agincourt), with that...
Abstract Background Reliable data on causes of death form the basis for building evidence on health ...
International audienceBackgroundTrends in cause-specific mortality in most African countries are cur...
Current vital statistics from governmental institutions in Côte d'Ivoire are incomplete. This proble...
Objective: To estimate and evaluate the cause-of-death structure and disease-specific mortality rate...
The Taabo Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) is located in south-central Côte d'Ivoir...
BACKGROUND: Because most deaths in Africa and Asia are not well documented, estimates of mortality a...
BACKGROUND: Because most deaths in Africa and Asia are not well documented, estimates of mortality a...
Background: Data needed to estimate causes of death and the pattern of these deaths are scarce in su...
Background: The Dande Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) located in Bengo Province, A...
Abstract Background The Dande Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) located in Bengo Pro...
To quantify the mortality impact of AIDS in the city of Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) by a full scale anal...
Background: To plan and develop health interventions targeted lessening mortality, reliable and corr...
Objective. Mortality data from hospitals in Ghana suggest a changing mortality trend with noncommuni...
Background: The vast majority of deaths in the health and Kombewa demographic surveillance system (H...
The study compares the cause of death profile in a rural area of South Africa (Agincourt), with that...
Abstract Background Reliable data on causes of death form the basis for building evidence on health ...
International audienceBackgroundTrends in cause-specific mortality in most African countries are cur...
Current vital statistics from governmental institutions in Côte d'Ivoire are incomplete. This proble...
Objective: To estimate and evaluate the cause-of-death structure and disease-specific mortality rate...
The Taabo Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) is located in south-central Côte d'Ivoir...
BACKGROUND: Because most deaths in Africa and Asia are not well documented, estimates of mortality a...
BACKGROUND: Because most deaths in Africa and Asia are not well documented, estimates of mortality a...
Background: Data needed to estimate causes of death and the pattern of these deaths are scarce in su...
Background: The Dande Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) located in Bengo Province, A...
Abstract Background The Dande Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) located in Bengo Pro...
To quantify the mortality impact of AIDS in the city of Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) by a full scale anal...
Background: To plan and develop health interventions targeted lessening mortality, reliable and corr...
Objective. Mortality data from hospitals in Ghana suggest a changing mortality trend with noncommuni...
Background: The vast majority of deaths in the health and Kombewa demographic surveillance system (H...
The study compares the cause of death profile in a rural area of South Africa (Agincourt), with that...
Abstract Background Reliable data on causes of death form the basis for building evidence on health ...
International audienceBackgroundTrends in cause-specific mortality in most African countries are cur...