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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Authors: Bassat Orellana, Quique, Ordi i Majà, Jaume, Vila Estapé, Jordi, Ismail, Mamudo Rafik, Carrilho, Carla, Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães, Munguambe, Khátia, Odhiambo, Frank O., Lell, Bertrand, Sow, Samba O., Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Rabinovich, Regina, Alonso, Pedro, Menéndez, Clara
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/98794
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/98794
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Autòpsia
Mortalitat
Epidemiologia
Països en vies de desenvolupament
Autopsy
Mortality
Epidemiology
Developing countries
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Summary: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.