NDLI: Where there is no hospital: improving the notification of community deaths

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Author	Adair, Tim Rajasekhar, Megha Bo, Khin Sandar Hart, John Kwa, Viola Mukut, Md. Ashfaqul Amin Reeve, Matthew Richards, Nicola Ronderos-Torres, Margarita de Savigny, Don Muñoz, Daniel Cobos Lopez, Alan D.
Abstract	Background Globally, an estimated two-thirds of all deaths occur in the community, the majority of which are not attended by a physician and remain unregistered. Identifying and registering these deaths in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems, and ascertaining the cause of death, is thus a critical challenge to ensure that policy benefits from reliable evidence on mortality levels and patterns in populations. In contrast to traditional processes for registration, death notification can be faster and more efficient at informing responsible government agencies about the event and at triggering a verbal autopsy for ascertaining cause of death. Thus, innovative approaches to death notification, tailored to suit the setting, can improve the availability and quality of information on community deaths in CRVS systems. Improving the notification of community deaths Here, we present case studies in four countries (Bangladesh, Colombia, Myanmar and Papua New Guinea) that were part of the initial phases of the Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative at the University of Melbourne, each of which faces unique challenges to community death registration. The approaches taken promote improved notification of community deaths through a combination of interventions, including integration with the health sector, using various notifying agents and methods, and the application of information and communication technologies. One key factor for success has been the smoothing of processes linking notification, registration and initiation of a verbal autopsy interview. The processes implemented champion more active notification systems in relation to the passive systems commonly in place in these countries. Conclusions The case studies demonstrate the significant potential for improving death reporting through the implementation of notification practices tailored to a country’s specific circumstances, including geography, cultural factors, structure of the existing CRVS system, and available human, information and communication technology resources. Strategic deployment of some, or all, of these innovations can result in rapid improvements to death notification systems and should be trialled in other settings.
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ISSN	17417015
DOI	10.1186/s12916-020-01524-x
Journal	BMC Medicine
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	18
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2020-03-09
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Medicine Public Health Biomedicine Cause of death Civil registration and vital statistics Community Death notification Death registration Innovation Mortality Verbal autopsy Medicine/Public Health
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Subject	Medicine
Journal Impact Factor	7.1/2023
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