Improving the quality of external cause of death data in Brazil

From September to November 2019, Adauto Soares Filho from the Brazil Ministry of Health (MOH) undertook a Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Fellowship at the University of Melbourne (UoM), analysing the performance of a new Form for the Investigation of Deaths from External Causes (IDEC form). This profile provides an overview of country context in relation to CRVS, and documents Adauto’s personal experiences, outcomes and the broader impact his Fellowship might have on improving the quality of mortality data in Brazil.

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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
Country
Brazil
Language
English
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