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May 15, 2017
Updated software helps fill knowledge gaps about how people die
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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).
December 15, 2015
There’s an app for that: an easy, fast, and reliable way to record causes of death
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Researchers have developed a revolutionary new app to capture accurate global cause of death data on tablets and mobile phones.
January 28, 2014
Health challenges can be met with new verbal autopsy data-gathering tools
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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.
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January 28, 2014
Arab Health Congress’s 2nd Big Data Conference
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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.” 
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