Assessing the performance of verbal autopsy in Bangladesh

From October to November 2019, Toufiq Hassan Shawon from the Trishal Upazila Health Complex in Bangladesh undertook a Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Fellowship through the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health (D4H) Initiative at University of Melbourne (UoM), conducting a plausibility analysis for cause of death (COD) data from verbal autopsies (VA) in Bangladesh. This profile provides an overview of country context in relation to CRVS, and documents Toufiq’s personal experiences and outcomes and the broader impact his Fellowship might have on improving the quality of mortality data in Bangladesh.

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CRVS Fellowship Reports and Profiles

The Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health (D4H) Initiative’s CRVS Fellowship Program at the University of Melbourne (UoM) provided fellows with an in-depth participatory learning and knowledge sharing opportunity to work with a country on their CRVS initiatives. These reports are written by...

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Domains
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
Resource Type
Report
Topics
plausability analysis
cause of death
verbal autopsy
Country
Bangladesh
Language
English
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