Rwanda Child Verbal Autopsy Study 2008
General Info
Original or alternative title
2008 Rwanda Child Verbal Autopsy Study: Causes of Death Among Children Under Five Years of Age
Time period covered
January, 2008 - December, 2008
Data type
Survey:
Interview - Urban-rural representative - Verbal autopsy
Summary
The Rwanda Child Verbal Autopsy Study 2008 is a follow up survey to the 2007-2008 Rwanda Interim Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). The objective of the verbal autopsy study was to gather cause of death information for children under five through interviews with a subsample of households that had reported a child death during the 2007-2008 Rwanda Interim DHS.
Keywords
Anemia, Birth asphyxia, Birth weight, Cancers, Causes of death, Child health care, Child mortality, Chronic kidney diseases, Community health clinics, Congenital anomalies, Death certificates, Education, Secondhand smoke, HIV and AIDS, Health care use, Health facilities, Hepatitis, Hospitals, ICD-10, Infant mortality, Infectious diseases, Interpersonal violence, Intestinal infectious diseases, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Malnutrition, Maternal age, Meningitis, Pain, Pharmacies, Place of death, Preterm birth, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Seizures, Tetanus, Traditional medicine, Tuberculosis, Verbal autopsy
Citation
Contributors
Suggested citation
ICF Macro, MEASURE Evaluation Project, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Ministry of Health (Rwanda), National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, School of Public Health, University of Rwanda. Rwanda Child Verbal Autopsy Study 2008.