Need to validate Verbal Autopsy/Social Autopsy (VASA) integrated tool for developing countries to assign biological and social reasoning of child mortalities.

Authors

  • Siddiqui MB Department of Community Health Sciences, Hamdard University, Karachi Pakistan. Child Health Registry of Pakistan (CHRoP). “Centre of Maternal and Child Health Research” (CoMCHR) - AEIRC.
  • Ng CW Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • Low WY Health Research Development Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29052/IJEHSR.v5.i3.2017.01-03

Keywords:

Verbal Autopsy, Social Autopsy, Validation, Children, mortality

Abstract

Over the time since 1990, as the world strive for reducing child mortality, there has been a clustering of child mortality estimates in developing countries. The most distinguished clusters have been found in countries belonging to Sub-Saharan African and South Asian regions especially in India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo and China. Most of the developing countries, in comparison to developed ones, lack comprehensive vital registration system (VRS) . This system gathers data mostly on births and deaths of the population. The information extracted from such data facilitate and supports the health managers and planners during planning and allocation of scarce resources to the population.

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Published

2017-09-01

How to Cite

MB , S., Ng CW, & Low WY. (2017). Need to validate Verbal Autopsy/Social Autopsy (VASA) integrated tool for developing countries to assign biological and social reasoning of child mortalities. International Journal of Endorsing Health Science Research, 5(3), 01–03. https://doi.org/10.29052/IJEHSR.v5.i3.2017.01-03