John Hart

Effectiveness of training interventions to improve quality of medical certification of cause of death: systematic review and meta-analysis

USH Gamage, Pasyodun Koralage Buddhika Mahesh, Jesse Schnall, Lene Mikkelsen, John D Hart, Hafiz Chowdhury, Hang Li, Deirdre McLaughlin, Alan D Lopez

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Medicine

BACKGROUND: Valid cause of death data are essential for health policy formation. The quality of medical certification of cause of ..

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 Med

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

Better data for better outcomes: the importance of process mapping and management in CRVS systems.

Daniel Cobos Muñoz, Don de Savigny, Renee Sorchik, Khin Sandar Bo, John Hart, Viola Kwa, Xavier Ngomituje, Nicola Richards, Alan D Lopez

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Medicine

BACKGROUND: Despite attempts to apply standard methods proven to work in high-income nations, nearly all civil registration and vi..

Where there is no hospital: improving the notification of community deaths.

Tim Adair, Megha Rajasekhar, Khin Sandar Bo, John Hart, Viola Kwa, Md Ashfaqul Amin Mukut, Matthew Reeve, Nicola Richards, Margarita Ronderos-Torres, Don de Savigny, Daniel Cobos Muñoz, Alan D Lopez

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Medicine

BACKGROUND: Globally, an estimated two-thirds of all deaths occur in the community, the majority of which are not attended by a ph..

Automated verbal autopsy: from research to routine use in civil registration and vital statistics systems.

Riley H Hazard, Mahesh PK Buddhika, John D Hart, Hafizur R Chowdhury, Sonja Firth, Rohina Joshi, Ferchito Avelino, Agnes Segarra, Deborah Carmina Sarmiento, Abdul Kalam Azad, Shah Ali Akbar Ashrafi, Khin Sandar Bo, Violoa Kwa, Alan D Lopez

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Medicine

BACKGROUND: The majority of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) do not have adequate civil registration and vital statistics ..

Mortality surveillance and verbal autopsy strategies: experiences, challenges and lessons learnt in Papua New Guinea

John D Hart, Viola Kwa, Paison Dakulala, Paulus Ripa, Dale Frank, Theresa Lei, Ninkama Moiya, William Lagani, Tim Adair, Deirdre McLaughlin, Ian D Riley, Alan D Lopez

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMJ Global Health

Full notification of deaths and compilation of good quality cause of death data are core, sequential and essential components of a..

Mass Oral Azithromycin for Childhood Mortality: Timing of Death After Distribution in the MORDOR Trial

Travis C Porco, John Hart, Ahmed M Arzika, Jerusha Weaver, Khumbo Kalua, Zakayo Mrango, Sun Y Cotter, Nicole E Stoller, Kieran S O'Brien, Dionna M Fry, Benjamin Vanderschelden, Catherine E Oldenburg, Sheila K West, Robin L Bailey, Jeremy D Keenan, Thomas M Lietman

Journal article  |  2019  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

In a large community-randomized trial, biannual azithromycin distributions significantly reduced postneonatal childhood mortality ..

Azithromycin to Reduce Childhood Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

JD Keenan, RL Bailey, SK West, AM Arzika, J Hart, J Weaver, K Kalua, Z Mrango, KJ Ray, C Cook, E Lebas, KS O'Brien, PM Emerson, TC Porco, TM Lietman

Journal article  |  2018  |  New England Journal of Medicine

BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that mass distribution of a broad-spectrum antibiotic agent to preschool children would reduce mortali..