Introducing automated verbal autopsy in Nepal

From September to October 2019, Suresh Mehata from the Ministry of Health and Population and Dibakar Sharma from the Health Directorate in Nepal undertook a Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Fellowship at the University of Melbourne (UoM), learning how to introduce automated verbal autopsy (VA) to the routine death registration system in Nepal. This profile provides an overview of country context in relation to CRVS, and documents Suresh and Dibakar’s personal experiences and outcomes and the broader impact their Fellowships might have on strengthening CRVS in Nepal.

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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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June 1, 2020