ANACONDA: a new tool to improve mortality and cause of death data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The need to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to have access to reliable and timely mortality data has created a strong demand in countries for tools that can assist them in this. ANACONDA (Analysis of National Causes of Death for Action) is a new tool developed for this purpose which allows countries to assess how accurate their mortality and cause of death are. Applying ANACONDA will increase confidence and capacity among data custodians in countries about their mortality data and will give them insight into quality problems that will assist the improvement process.

Methods

ANACONDA builds on established epidemiological and demographic concepts to operationalise a series of 10 steps and numerous sub-steps to perform data checks. Extensive use

SUBMITTER: Mikkelsen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7061487 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature