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Cause
of Death Coding for AP Rural Health Initiative
The
Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative is a collaborative effort
of the Byrraju Foundation, The George Institute for International
Health Sydney, the Centre for Chronic Disease Control in
New Delhi
and the CARE Foundation,
Hyderabad
to develop cost effective solutions for providing health care to
rural communities. As a part of this Initiative, it is required to
carry out mortality/morbidity surveillance in about 45 villages of
East & West Godavari. Trained personnel conduct verbal autopsy
using specially structured Verbal Autopsy Forms, which are sent to
the IHS. At the Institute the cause of death (COD) is assigned to
each form as per the ICD-10 codes. The project which began in June
2004 is for a minimum of three years and is sponsored by the
Byrraju Foundation[1]. Till date we have
coded about 4000 VA Forms.
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