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Rwanda Child Verbal Autopsy Study 2008

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
2008 Rwanda Child Verbal Autopsy Study: Causes of Death Among Children Under Five Years of Age
Provider 
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Rwanda (RWA)
Time period covered 
01/2008 - 12/2008
Series or system 
Child Verbal Autopsy Study (CVAS)
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
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 23, 2023