Development of a post-mortem procedure to reduce the uncertainty regarding causes of death in developing countries
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. T...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/98794 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/98794 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Autòpsia Mortalitat Epidemiologia Països en vies de desenvolupament Autopsy Mortality Epidemiology Developing countries |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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