Improving the quality of cause of death data in Laos

From February to March 2020, Dilip Hensman from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Lao PDR undertook a Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Fellowship through the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health (D4H) Initiative at University of Melbourne (UoM), developing a strategy for improving the notification of community deaths and piloting automated verbal autopsies for these deaths. This profile documents Dilip’s personal experiences and outcomes and the broader impact his Fellowship might have on improving the quality of mortality data in Laos.

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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
cause of death
data quality
verbal autopsy
Country
Lao PDR
Language
English
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