Ghana Child Verbal Autopsy Study 2008
General Info
Provider
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
September, 2008 - November, 2008
Series or system
Data type
Survey:
Household - Interview - Urban-rural representative - Verbal autopsy
Summary
The Ghana Child Verbal Autopsy Study 2008 is a follow up survey to the 2008 Ghana 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 2008 Ghana DHS.
Keywords
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adverse effects of medical treatments, Animal injuries, Antenatal care, Asthma, Birth asphyxia, Birth weight, Blood transfusions, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Burns, Caesarean section, Cancers, Causes of death, Child health care, Child mortality, Children, Community health clinics, Complete birth history, Congenital anomalies, Congenital heart anomalies, Cough, Death certificates, Diabetes, Diarrhea, Drownings, Edema, Epilepsy, Falls, Family composition, Fever, Gestational age, HIV and AIDS, Headache, Health facilities, Heart disease, Hospitals, Hypertension, ICD-10, Infant care, Infant mortality, Injuries, Intentional injuries, Intestinal infectious diseases, Jaundice, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Malnutrition, Maternal age, Maternal conditions, Maternal mortality, Measles, Measles vaccines, Meningitis, Multiple births, Neonatal conditions, Neonatal jaundice, Oral rehydration therapy, Pain, Paralysis, Place of death, Place of delivery, Poisonings, Pregnancy, Pregnancy complications, Preterm birth, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Road traffic injuries, Seizures, Sepsis, Skilled birth attendants, Skin diseases, Stillbirths, Sudden infant death syndrome, Summary birth history, Surgical procedures, Symptoms, Tetanus, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tuberculosis, Verbal autopsy, Vomiting, Weight change
Citation
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Funders
Suggested citation
Ghana Health Service, Ghana Statistical Service, ICF Macro, MEASURE Evaluation Project, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina. Ghana Child Verbal Autopsy Study 2008.