IMPROVING CAUSE OF DEATH CERTIFICATION IN THE PHILIPPINES: IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ELECTRONIC VERBAL AUTOPSY DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (SMARTVA AUTO-ANALYSE) TO AID PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSES OF OUT-OF-FACILITY DEATHS

Improving cause of death certification in the Philippines: implementation of an electronic verbal autopsy decision support tool (SmartVA auto-analyse) to aid physician diagnoses of out-of-facility deaths

Abstract Background The majority of deaths in the Philippines occur out-of-facility and require a medical certificate of cause of death by Municipal Health Officers (MHOs) for burial.MHOs lack a standardised Oven Handle certification process for out-of-facility deaths and when no medical records are available, certify a high proportion of ill-defin

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Preclinical development of a first-in-class vaccine encoding HER2, Brachyury and CD40L for antibody enhanced tumor eradication

Abstract The induction of antiviral innate immunity by systemic immunization with live virus can be employed to positively impact the response to therapeutic vaccination.We Oven Handle previously demonstrated that systemic immunization with a non-replicating MVA encoding CD40 ligand (CD40L) enhances innate immune cell activation and function, and t

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