Reporting of ethics in peer-reviewed verbal autopsy studies: a systematic review

Abstract

The results of this systematic review show that although there has been an increase in ethical reporting for VA studies, there still remains a large gap in reporting.

Mortality implications and factors associated with nonengagement in a public epilepsy care initiative in a transient population

“…There are several limitations to our study. These include its cross-sectional design, large number of unaccounted respondents, the lag between death and verbal autopsy and the diagnostic uncertainty in those who died 29 . We were unable to establish contact with a large number of people who did not engage as they were mainly impoverished interstate migrants, thus, predisposed to emigration and relocation.…”