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Dr

Saman Hattotuwa Gamage

Snr Research Fellow - Data For Health Initiative
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
humans
science & technology
cause of death
mortality
life sciences & biomedicine
death certificates
validation
reproducibility of results
sri lanka
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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 5 most recent scholarly works by Saman Hattotuwa Gamage.

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Improving medical certification of cause of death: effective strategies and approaches based on experiences from the Data for Health Initiative

John D Hart, Renee Sorchik, Khin Sandar Bo, Hafizur R Chowdhury, Saman Gamage, Rohina Joshi, Viola Kwa, Hang Li, Buddhika PK Mahesh, Deirdre Mclaughlin, Lene Mikkelsen, Janet Miki, Roderick Napulan, Rasika Rampatige, Matthew Reeve, Carmina Sarmiento, Nang Su War, Nicola Richards, Ian D Riley, Alan D Lopez

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Medicine

BACKGROUND: Accurate and timely cause of death (COD) data are essential for informed public health policymaking. Medical certifica..

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Implementing the PHMRC shortened questionnaire: Survey duration of open and closed questions in three sites

Abraham D Flaxman, Andrea Stewart, Jonathan C Joseph, Nurul Alam, Saidul Alam, Hafizur Chowdhury, Saman Gamage, Hebe Gouda, Rohina Joshi, Marilla Lucero, Meghan D Mooney, Devarsetty Praveen, Rasika Rampatige, Hazel Remolador, Diozele Sanvictores, Peter T Serina, Peter Kim Streatfield, Veronica Tallo, Nandalal Wijesekera, Christopher JL Murray, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  PLoS One

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A shortened verbal autopsy instrument for use in routine mortality surveillance systems

Peter Serina, Ian Riley, Andrea Stewart, Abraham D Flaxman, Rafael Lozano, Meghan D Mooney, Richard Luning, Bernardo Hernandez, Robert Black, Ramesh Ahuja, Nurul Alam, Sayed Saidul Alam, Said Mohammed Ali, Charles Atkinson, Abdulla H Baqui, Hafizur R Chowdhury, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Emily Dantzer, Gary L Darmstadt, et al.

Journal article  |  2015  |  BMC MEDICINE

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Assessing the reliability of Causes of Death reported by the Vital Registration System in Sri Lanka: Medical Records review in Colombo

Rasika Rampatige, Saman Gamage, Sharika Peiris, Alan D Lopez

Journal article  |  2013  |  Health Information Management

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Health Information Networks: Learning from One Another. 2nd IFHRO SEAR Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 13 October 2009.

Saman Gamage

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  Health Information Management Journal

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Keyword Analysis

Public Health and Health Services
Health and Support Services
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Clinical Sciences

Credentials

Positions

Snr Research Fellow - Data For Health Initiative

Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Education

DOCTOR OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE

University of Colombo

Doctoral degree in Public Health

Postgraduate institute of Medicine, University of Colombo

MASTERS IN COMMUNITY MEDICINE

University of Colombo

BACHELOR OF MEDICINE BACHELOR OF SURGERY

University of Ruhuna