Verbal autopsies capture more accurate burden of disease in Uganda

(University of North Carolina Health Care) Training community health workers to perform verbal autopsy interviews captured more accurate data about the number and causes of deaths in rural Uganda than current health facility surveillance methods, researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill and in-country partners found. PLOS ONE published the results.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news