Verbal Autopsy: Evaluation of Methods to Certify Causes of Death in Uganda.

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Published in PLoS One on June 18, 2015

Authors

Arthur Mpimbaza1, Scott Filler2, Agaba Katureebe3, Linda Quick4, Daniel Chandramohan5, Sarah G Staedke6

Author Affiliations

1: Child Health & Development Centre, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda.
2: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland.
3: Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda.
4: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
5: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
6: Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

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