Verbal autopsy standards: 2022 WHO verbal autopsy instrument

16 April 2025
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Verbal autopsy standards: 2022 WHO verbal autopsy instrument
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Overview

This manual contains some references to the development of the 2022 instrument and informs users on how to use the 2022 WHO verbal autopsy (VA) instrument. The components of this manual include:

● Background on VA;
● Introduction to the full matrix of questions, definitions and related skip patterns;
● Instructions on how to use the matrix of questions;
● ODK compatible form for all ages, including skip patterns and calculated fields;
● Information about available for publicly available analytical software for assigning cause of death;
● Criteria for setting up a data collection infrastructure and the related databases;
● Instructions on how to adapt questionnaires for local use;
● General cause of death certification and coding guidelines for applying the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, tenth revision (ICD-10) to VA and
● A simplified cause of death list for VA with corresponding ICD-10 codes.

WHO Team
Classifications and Terminologies (CAT)
Number of pages
39
Copyright
CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO