Nearly two in three deaths worldwide are still undocumented, meaning no death certificate is produced to account for the death or what caused it. To fill this massive knowledge gap, newly updated software that can identify the underlying cause of death from a survey of people familiar with the final illness of the deceased was launched today (April 7, 2017).
News
December 15, 2015
News Release
Researchers have developed a revolutionary new app to capture accurate global cause of death data on tablets and mobile phones.
January 28, 2014
News Release
New research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) shows that verbal autopsy (VA) is a powerful and valid method for data gathering in low-resource settings and points to a newly developed tool as the analytic method of choice.
Events
January 28, 2014
Conference
At the Arab Health Congress’s 2nd Big Data Conference, Professor of Global Health Ali Mokdad, Director of Middle Eastern Initiatives at IHME, presents “The state of health in the Arab world, 1990–2010: an analysis of the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors.”