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Medical Certification of Cause of Death
[Medical Journal, Armed Forces India ]This article provides compelling justification for the importance of accurate reporting of causes of death. -
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Improving Public Health Information: A Data Quality Intervention in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
[World Health Organization]This article assesses the results of the effort to improve health information in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Assessing the Reliability of Hospital-based Cause-of-death Statistics: Evidence-based Guidelines for Country Application
[University of Queensland, School of Population Health]This report provides findings from a large number of studies that have used medical record reviews to validate the cause of death reported.
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What Can We Conclude from Death Registration? Improved Methods for Evaluating Completeness
[PLOS Medicine]This article discusses the evaluation of 234 variants of death distribution methods in three different validation environments, and demonstrates the application of optimal variants.
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Framework and strategy for integrated monitoring and evaluation of child health programmes for responsive programming, accountability, and impact
[The BMJ]The article discusses the challenges created by the fragmentation of the current monitoring and evaluation systems and suggest solutions. The authors used data mainly from the Integrated Management of -
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Improving public health and health systems through evidence informed policy in the Americas
[The BMJ]This article identifies challenges and limitations that hinder efforts to link research to policy action at the country level. These challenges can be grouped into three main areas: the sociopolitical
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