Scaling up verbal autopsy…

Until January 2023, cause of death reporting for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Cross River State was largely based on assumption. The Accelerating Control of the HIV Epidemic in Nigeria (ACE-5) project funded by PEPFAR through USAID scaled up the use of verbal autopsy (VA) to properly identify the causes of death among PLHIV. We describe the implementation experience in scaling up verbal autopsy in southern Nigeria.

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Thematic Area

Project Title

ACE 5

Theme

Partner

USAID

Overview

Until January 2023, cause of death reporting for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Cross River State was largely based on assumption. The Accelerating Control of the HIV Epidemic in Nigeria (ACE-5) project funded by PEPFAR through USAID scaled up the use of verbal autopsy (VA) to properly identify the causes of death among PLHIV. We describe the implementation experience in scaling up verbal autopsy in southern Nigeria.