Ivalda Macicame, Almamy M Kante, Emily Wilson, Brian Gilbert, Alain Koffi, Sheila Nhachungue, Celso Monjane, Pedro Duce, Antonio Adriano, Sergio Chicumbe, Ilesh Jani, Henry D Kalter, Abhirup Datta, Scott Zeger, Robert E Black, Eduardo Samo Gudo, Agbessi Amouzou
Sub-Saharan Africa lacks timely, reliable, and accurate national data on mortality and causes of death (CODs). In 2018 Mozambique launched a sample registration system (Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action [COMSA]-Mozambique), which collects continuous birth, death, and COD data from 700 randomly selected clusters, a nationally representative population of 828,663 persons. Verbal and social autopsy interviews are conducted for COD determination. We analyzed data collected in 2019-2020 to report mortality rates and cause-specific fractions...
April 10, 2023: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene