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Ghana Child Verbal Autopsy Study 2008

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General Info
Provider 
MEASURE Evaluation Project, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina
Tabulations only
Geography 
Ghana (GHA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
09/2008 - 11/2008
Series or system 
Child Verbal Autopsy Study (CVAS)
DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
DHS Program Surveys
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
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021