No images? Click here Welcome to our ninth edition of More than Numbers. Dear colleagues, Have comments or suggestions for future content? The Data for Health Initiative is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Do you have questions about how to certify and code COVID-19 deaths? Next week they will be answered. We will share an instructional video that will guide you through the completion of the medical certificate of cause of death and coding for two COVID-19 deaths. When the video is available on the CRVS Knowledge Gateway, we'll notify you. The Verbal Autopsy Interpretation, Performance and Evaluation Resource (VIPER) alpha release is now available on the CRVS Knowledge Gateway. Download here - ◕ 1 min read Discover how new strategies implemented by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the University of Melbourne, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), the Papuan National Department of Health (NDOH) and the Papuan Department of Provincial and Local Government Affairs (DPLGA) improve field staff roles and CRVS process. Follow Martha Wame, Field Coordinator for the BD4H initiative in Papua New Guinea, as she travels by car, boat and foot to conduct verbal autopsies in rural communities. We reached out to three fellows from the October 2019 intake. Md. Toufiq Shawon Dr. May Thu Zaw Dr. Suresh Mehata See what they valued most about the CRVS Fellowship program and what they're up to now. Article here - ◕ 4 min read BMC Medicine Journal publishes UoM D4H CRVS collection The first Civil Registration and Vital Statistics collection published in the BMC Medicine journal to report on experience in implementing technical interventions over the first four years of the Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative. Eight articles are now available on the gateway. Want more information on CRVS? Our library is a good place to start. Analyses & evaluationsFellowship profiles & reportsTechnical guidesToolsNew resources available in Chinese |