TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Development of a post-mortem procedure to reduce the uncertainty regarding causes of death in developing countries
JO  - Lancet global health
A1  - Bassat, Quique
A1  - Ordi, Jaume
A1  - Vila, Jordi
A1  - Ismail, Mamudo R.
A1  - Carrilho, Carla
A1  - Lacerda, Marcus
A1  - Munguambe, Khátia
A1  - Odhiambo, Frank
A1  - Lell, Bertrand
A1  - Sow, Samba
A1  - Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
A1  - Rabinovich, N. Regina
A1  - Alonso, Pedro L.
A1  - Menéndez, Clara
SP  - e125
EP  - e126
VL  - 1
IS  - 3
N2  - A major failure of our global society in the 21st century is that many people in developing countries are not only born and live without any official record of their existence--a flagrant deprivation of an essential human right--but also die without having been seen by medically qualified personnel. The resultant uncertainty about the real burden of specific causes of death is being increasingly recognised by international health and funding agencies as a crucial limitation in the prioritisation of effective public health programmes and assessment of their effect. Recently published estimates of the main causes of global and cause-specific mortality have stirred a profound debate about the validity and adequacy of existing methods used to estimate cause of death.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 2214-109X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70037-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -