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ACHDS 2020 Seminar Series
Prof Peter Byass, Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umea University, Sweden
Measuring global burden of disease: adding value to verbal autopsy
Half of the world's deaths and their causes pass unrecorded by routine registration systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Verbal autopsy (VA) collects information on medical signs, symptoms and circumstances from witnesses of a death that is used to assign likely medical causes. This talk will present recent developments in VA methods.
Peter Byass is a specialist in measuring and evaluating health in low- and middle-income countries. Over the last 30 years, Peter has worked on a wide range of population health measurement issues in Africa and Asia. He works closely with the INDEPTH Network and WHO.
- Speaker
- Prof Peter Byass
- Hosted by
- ACHDS
- Venue
- Level 2 Seminar Room Rowett Institute
- Contact
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