Improving medical certification of cause of death: effective strategies and approaches based on experiences from the Data for Health Initiative
Abstract Background Accurate and timely cause of death (COD) data are essential for informed public health policymaking. Medical certification of COD generally provides the majority of COD data in a population and is an essential component of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems. A...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-03-01
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Series: | BMC Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01519-8 |