Undertaking cause-specific mortality measurement in an unregistered population: An example from Tigray Region, Ethiopia

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Godefay, Hagos ^a   Abrha, Atakelti ^a   Kinsman, John ^b   Myléus, Anna ^b   Byass, Peter ^b,c,d  

^a Mekele Regional Veterinary Laboratory   (Ethiopia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil registration and vital statistics; Ethiopia; Evidence based decision making; Mortality; Population survey; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOCUMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929512801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.25264     Document Type: Article

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