A framework for evaluating national CRVS systems at baseline

Describes the baseline evaluation framework developed for BD4H, which delivers a concise and up-to-date 'actionable' evaluation of a CRVS system.

Action guide on CRVS legal and regulatory reviews

This document highlights five suggested steps countries should follow for conducting a legal review on CRVS law.

Action guide on implementing automated coding (Iris)

Describes seven key steps countries should follow when implementing automated mortality coding.

Action guide on improving the quality of COD data in hospitals

Provides eight key action areas to improve the quality of cause of death data in hospitals.

Action guide on process mapping for CRVS systems

Outlines the four key steps in process mapping and explains how they can be used to strengthen CRVS system design.

Action guide on reducing barriers to medical certification

Describes five actions that can be taken to reduce barriers to accurate medical certification of cause of death, from legislative review to training and support.

Action guide on training and education on medical certification of cause of death

Outlines an approach to training and education on medical certification of cause of death based on three key stages in a physician's career: during medical school, as an intern or junior physician, and as senior practicing clinicians.

ANACONDA Quick reference guide: 10 steps - Chinese version

Summarises the 10 main steps in ANACONDA, including key outputs and data quality checks for mortality and cause of death statistics.

ANACONDA Quick reference guide: 10 steps - Russian version

Summarises the 10 main steps in ANACONDA, including key outputs and data quality checks for mortality and cause of death statistics.

Assessing the quality of death certificates: Guidance for the rapid tool

This document provides guidance on how to use the rapid assessment tool. Information generated from the assessment would be helpful for ministry of health staff, hospital administrators, health information officers or medical record officers to determine the quality of death certificates. The tool can be used by a doctor who is trained in death certification practices and understands the ICD-10 death certification rules.

Assessing the quality of death certificates: Guidance for the rapid tool - Chinese version (评估《死亡证》的质量：使用快速 工具的指南)

This document provides guidance on how to use the rapid assessment tool. Information generated from the assessment would be helpful for ministry of health staff, hospital administrators, health information officers or medical record officers to determine the quality of death certificates. The tool can be used by a doctor who is trained in death certification practices and understands the ICD-10 death certification rules.

Assessing the quality of death certificates: Guidance for the rapid tool - Portuguese version (Availando a qualidade das declarações de óbito: Orientação para a ferramenta rápida)

This document provides guidance on how to use the rapid assessment tool. Information generated from the assessment would be helpful for ministry of health staff, hospital administrators, health information officers or medical record officers to determine the quality of death certificates. The tool can be used by a doctor who is trained in death certification practices and understands the ICD-10 death certification rules.

Assessing the quality of death certificates: Guidance for the rapid tool - Spanish version (Evaluando la calidad de los certificados de defunción: Guía para la utilización del instrumento de evaluación rápida)

This document provides guidance on how to use the rapid assessment tool. Information generated from the assessment would be helpful for ministry of health staff, hospital administrators, health information officers or medical record officers to determine the quality of death certificates. The tool can be used by a doctor who is trained in death certification practices and understands the ICD-10 death certification rules.

Assessment of quality of medical certification practices: A quick reference guide

This guide contains guidelines on how to assess commonly recorded errors on Frame A of the WHO recommended International Form of Medical Certificate of Cause of Death.This tool can be used to monitor quality of certification practices as part of a routine assessment; assess the training needs of doctors, and; evaluate the effectiveness of death certification training.

Assessment of quality of medical certification practices: A quick reference guide - Chinese version (评价医学死亡证书的质量:快速参考指南)

Translated into Chinese, this guide contains guidelines on how to assess commonly recorded errors on Frame A of the WHO recommended International Form of Medical Certificate of Cause of Death. This tool can be used to monitor quality of certification practices as part of a routine assessment; assess the training needs of doctors, and; evaluate the effectiveness of death certification training.

Correctly certifying deaths due to COVID-19: A quick reference guide

This document provides guidelines for physicians for certifying deaths due to COVID-19, using the World Health Organization’s International Form of Medical Certificate of Cause of Death.

Correctly certifying deaths due to COVID-19: Guidance for physicians

This guidance document provides information for physicians on how to correctly certify deaths due to COVID-19.

Correctly coding deaths due to COVID-19: Guidance for Iris automated mortality coders

This guidance document provides information for Iris automated mortality coders to correctly code deaths due to COVID-19.

Correctly coding deaths due to COVID-19: Guidance for manual mortality coders

This guidance document provides information for manual mortality coders to correctly code deaths due to COVID-19.

CRVS Costing Tool: User guide

This user guide provides program planners and managers with instructions for using the accompanying CRVS Costing Tool. The purpose of the CRVS Costing Tool is to help you to determine the costs of implementing CRVS systems.

CRVS performance metrics: Indicator guideline

This document presents a clear description of the generic indicators that could be used as metrics to assess CRVS process performance. It also describes the data required, the method of measurement or potential approximations as well as the data sources and alternative if these sources are not available.

CRVS performance metrics: User guide

This user guide provides program planners and managers with instructions for using the accompanying data collection tool and the CRVS performance dashboard template.

Death Certificate Assessment Tool (Excel Version): User guide

This user guide describes how to use the Death Certificate Assessment Tool (Excel version). This guide is intended to be used alongside the tool, which can be found on the CRVS Gateway.

Death Certificate Assessment Tool (Excel Version): User guide - Chinese version (死亡证书评价工具(Excel版本): 用户指南)

This is a Chinese translation of the user guide describing how to use the Death Certificate Assessment Tool (Excel version). This guide is intended to be used alongside the tool, which can be found on the CRVS Gateway.

Guidance for assessing and interpreting the quality of mortality data using ANACONDA

For users of ANACONDA (statisticians and/or analysts in health and statistics departments, researchers, or other experts working with mortality data).

Guidance for assessing and interpreting the quality of mortality data using ANACONDA - Russian version

For users of ANACONDA (statisticians and/or analysts in health and statistics departments, researchers, or other experts working with mortality data).

Guidance for assessing and interpreting the quality of mortality data using ANACONDA - Spanish version (Guía para evaluar e interpretar la calidad de los datos de mortalidad utilizando: ANACONDA)

El documento es para usuarios de ANACONDA, una herramienta electrónica para el control de calidad de los datos de mortalidad.

Guidance for assessing and interpreting the quality of mortality data using ANACONDA – Chinese version

For users of ANACONDA (statisticians and/or analysts in health and statistics departments, researchers, or other experts working with mortality data).

Guidelines for interpreting verbal autopsy data

These guidelines provide five steps for users of verbal autopsy (VA) to follow to help them interpret and present their data, and thus improve the utility of VA data for public health decision making. The five steps are: understand the VA population; estimate the completeness of VA death reporting; assess the plausibility of the age-sex distribution of deaths from VA; conduct a plausibility analysis on the cause-specific mortality fractions from VA; and present the main findings of your VA data for policy action.

Handbook for doctors on cause of death certification

These are generic guidelines about how to certify the cause of death, written for physicians and medical students, particularly in developing countries.

Handbook for doctors on cause of death certification - Chinese version (提高死因信息质量: 医用死因证明手册)

These are generic guidelines about how to certify the cause of death, written for physicians and medical students, particularly in developing countries.

Handbook for doctors on cause of death certification - French version (Manuel sur la certification de la cause de décès à l’intention des médecins)

Le présent manuel sert de guide aux médecins devant remplir des certificats de décès. Les formulaires de certification de la cause de décès sont un aspect important du travail de médecin étant donné que l’information que contiennent les certificats de décès aide les décideurs à déterminer les priorités en santé, de façon à prévenir les décès semblables dans l’avenir.

Handbook for doctors on cause of death certification - Portuguese version (Manual para médicos sobre a certificação da causa de morte)

These are generic guidelines about how to certify the cause of death, written for physicians and medical students, particularly in developing countries.

Handbook for doctors on cause of death certification - Russian version

These are generic guidelines about how to certify the cause of death, written for physicians and medical students, particularly in developing countries.

Handbook for doctors on cause of death certification - Spanish version (Manual para médicos sobre la certificación de las causas de muerte)

These are generic guidelines about how to certify the cause of death, written for physicians and medical students, particularly in developing countries.

How do I download and install ODK Collect?

This action guide describes how to install ODK Collect onto a tablet in two ways: directly onto a tablet via the ‘Play Store’ or Internet browser, or from a computer via the Internet and copying it across to the tablet for installation

How do I install and use SmartVA?

This SmartVA IT action guide describes how to install and use the SmartVA Analyze software ('Tariff') for automated analysis of verbal autopsy data.

How do I set up Samsung Galaxy tablets?

This action guide will show you you how to set up your Samsung Galaxy tablet for SmartVA, including installing the necessary apps for collecting verbal autopsy data.

How do I translate the SmartVA instrument?

This SmartVA IT action guide describes how to translate the SmartVA instrument (Excel questionnaire and media files) into a different language for use through the Open Data Kit (ODK) platform.

How to assess the quality and policy utility of birth registration data: a step by step approach

This CRVS technical guide provides step-by-step guidance to assess the quality and policy utility of birth registration data. By assessing the quality of birth registration data, countries will derive essential information to inform data quality improvement interventions and enhance the policy utility of recorded data.

Interpreting verbal autopsy in five steps: A quick reference guide

This quick reference guide provides a brief, one-page overview of the process for interpreting verbal autopsy data.

Manual ICD-10 mortality coding quality assessment tool: User guide

This user guide describes how to conduct an evaluation of the quality of ICD coding using the Manual ICD-10 mortality coding quality assessment tool, developed by the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative at the University of Melbourne

Medical certification of cause of death for undergraduate medical students and intern physicians: eLearning curriculum

This medical certification of cause of death (MCCOD) eLearning curriculum has been made available in a Microsoft Word format for easy adaptation by countries and institutions interested in implementing MCCOD training. The course content has been designed for transfer to, and delivery via, an online learning platform, for participants to independently work through the course and complete the final quiz at their own pace. Content could, however, be adapted for use for other delivery methods.

Medical certification of cause of death: Facilitator's guide

This course has been developed to help physicians and medical students to correctly certify COD using standard death certification practices that comply with the international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. It forms part of a package of resources that includes case studies and references for self-directed learning, a number of practical resources (including guidance on how to assess the quality of death certificates), and this facilitator’s manual for running workshops.

Medical certification of cause of death: Facilitator's guide - Chinese version (医学死因证明：导师指南)

This course has been developed to help physicians and medical students to correctly certify COD using standard death certification practices that comply with the international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. It forms part of a package of resources that includes case studies and references for self-directed learning, a number of practical resources (including guidance on how to assess the quality of death certificates), and this facilitator’s manual for running workshops.

Medical certification of cause of death: Facilitator's guide - Portuguese version (Certificação médica da causa de morte: Guia do facilitador)

This course has been developed to help physicians and medical students to correctly certify COD using standard death certification practices that comply with the international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. It forms part of a package of resources that includes case studies and references for self-directed learning, a number of practical resources (including guidance on how to assess the quality of death certificates), and this facilitator’s manual for running workshops.

Medical certification of cause of death: Facilitator's guide - Spanish version (Certificación médica de la causa de muerte: Guía del facilitador)

This course has been developed to help physicians and medical students to correctly certify COD using standard death certification practices that comply with the international statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. It forms part of a package of resources that includes case studies and references for self-directed learning, a number of practical resources (including guidance on how to assess the quality of death certificates), and this facilitator’s manual for running workshops.

Medical certification of cause of death: Quick reference guide

This guide contains basic information about how to correctly complete the International Form of medical certificate of COD, as recommended by the WHO.

Medical certification of cause of death: Undergraduate curriculum

This resource was developed to help medical schools incorporate medical certification of cause of death into their undergraduate medical curriculum. The content can be further adapted and included in relevant postgraduate curricula as well. It is intended to be delivered as a module with nine learning areas and 10 to 12 hours of student contact time.

Medical certification of cause of death: Undergraduate curriculum - Chinese version (医学死因证明： 本科课程)

This resource was developed to help medical schools incorporate medical certification of cause of death into their undergraduate medical curriculum.

Medical certification of cause of death: Undergraduate curriculum - Portuguese version (Certificação médica da causa da morte: currículo de graduação)

This resource was developed to help medical schools incorporate medical certification of cause of death into their undergraduate medical curriculum.

Medical certification of cause of death: Undergraduate curriculum - Spanish version (Certificación médica de las causas de muerte: Plan de estudio de grado)

This resource was developed to help medical schools incorporate medical certification of cause of death into their undergraduate medical curriculum.

Sampling strategies for national scale CRVS-VA planning: Guidance document and sample size calculator tool

The purpose of this package of a two part guidance document and its companion sample size calculator Tool is to assist countries with scale up and rollout planning for the application of verbal autopsy (VA) as a function of a national civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system. Users of the package will include those tasked with designing and managing the CRVS-VA system. The package is intended to be used after pre-testing and pilot phases during which the processes, methods and possibly costing of the CRVS-VA system are perfected and established, and before the scale-up and rollout phase.

SmartVA Auto-Analyse: User guide

This user guide provides physicians with instructions for installing and running SmartVA Auto-Analyse Version 2.15

SmartVA Facilitator's guide - Spanish version (SmartVA: Guía del facilitador)

Este manual proporciona información genérica a los entrenadores master VA acerca de cómo entrenar entrevistadores y supervisores VA. Ha sido desarrollado para ser implementado como parte de un paquete de recursos y herramientas más amplio. Como tal, se recomienda a los países, adaptar el manual para atender las necesidades y el contexto local. Esto debería ser hecho en conjunto con su Equipo de Implementación de País D4H con anterioridad a cualquier actividad VA.

SmartVA: Facilitator's Guide

This guide has been produced to assist those who are responsible for training interviewers and supervisors on all aspects of verbal autopsy (VA) using electronic collection methods, specifically, the SmartVA questionnaire and analytical software. It provides advice regarding preparatory activities and documents, slide presentations and equipment necessary to run the different sessions.

SmartVA: Interviewer's manual

The information contained in this manual provides generic information to intended VA interviewers on how to conduct VA interviews systematically.

SmartVA: Technical user manual

The information contained in this manual provides generic information to technical support personnel for the implementation of automated VA methods.

Summary: Developing a mobile app for doctors to improve the recording of cause of death in Sri Lanka

Describes the development, testing, and potential impact of a mobile application for doctors to improve the recording of cause of death in Sri Lanka.

Summary: Guidance for interpreting verbal autopsy results

This guidance document provides summary information on the process of interpreting verbal autopsy results for use in public health decision-making. The full version of this document, Guidance for interpreting verbal autopsy results, can be found on the CRVS Knowledge Gateway.

The 10 ANACONDA steps: Quick reference guide

Summarises the 10 main steps in ANACONDA, including key outputs and data quality checks for mortality and cause of death statistics.

VA Costing Tool: User guide

This user guide provides program planners and managers with instructions for using the accompanying VA Costing Tool. The purpose of the VA Costing Tool is to help you to determine the costs of implementing VA within CRVS systems, including identifying key cost drivers and estimating total budget requirements.