Description |
Each death notification event is followed by a VA interview with the head of household or a person who took care of the deceased. Interviewers use the three standard World Health Organisation's 2002 VA questionnaires: this is for newborns (0-28 days). These questionnaires are designed to collect background information of the deceased including their age, sex, marital status, and health data prior to death. Other information collected in verbal autopsy interviews include history of chronic illness, a narrative account of events leading to death, symptom checklist and duration, lifestyle (use of alcohol, drugs and smoking) and a sequence of use of health services prior to death. |