Engaging community health workers in maternal and infant death identification in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a pilot study

Engaging community health workers in maternal and infant death identification in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a pilot study

Abstract Background Engaging community health workers in a formalised death review process through verbal and social autopsy has been utilised in different settings to estimate the burden and causes of mortality, where civil registration and vital statistics systems are weak. This method has not bee...

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Main Authors: Jude Igumbor, Olatunji Adetokunboh, Jocelyn Muller, Edna N. Bosire, Ademola Ajuwon, Rene Phetlhu, Marjorie Mbule, Agnes Ronan, Fiona Burtt, Esca Scheepers, Kathrin Schmitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Subjects:
Verbal autopsy
Social autopsy
Death surveillance and response
Death review
Infant mortality
Stillbirth
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-020-03419-4

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