Eighty Percent Plus Stillbirth Causes Not Captured In The Health Information System; Homa Bay County Study Reveals
Perinatal Verbal Autopsy (PVA) is a technique of gathering information on events for a deceased newborn to determine cause of death. PVA compensates for inadequate data on causes of stillbirths away from health facilities. The broad objective was to determine socio-demographic and data processing factors that influence PVA practices among Community Health Volunteers (CHVs). An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted