Sub-regional training on medical certification of causes of death

​The Brisbane Accord Group is organising a sub-regional training for doctors on medical certification of causes-of-death. This training is jointly organised by SPC, WHO, ABS, QUT, Fiji National University, and UNFPA, and is provided as a part of the Public Health and Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics work programme.​

Contact: For further information please contact: CRVS Advisor, Ms Gloria Mathenge

Resource Materials:

• Core curriculum for certifiers of underlying cause of death
  http://getinthepicture.org/resource/core-curriculum-certifiers-underlying-cause-death
• Hawaii state department of Health online training on certification
  http://cod.doh.hawaii.gov/
• CDC guidelines for determining suicide
  https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001318.htm
• CDC US instructions for completing the medical certificate
  https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/blue_form.pdf
• CDC Medical examiners handbook
  https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/misc/hb_me.pdf
• Physicians’ handbook on medical certification of death (US)
  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/misc/hb_cod.pdf
• Preparing a statement for the coroner – Guidance for medical practitioners (Victoria)
  http://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.au/resources/ab66d7a2-d756-47c4-9d06-a1d076ad5f82/a+guideline+for+writing+a+statement+when+requested+by+a+coroner+v2.pdf
• Quick reference tool – how to complete a medical certificate
  http://mspgh.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/2329981/CoD_ReferenceGuide_20170402.pdf
• Resource documents on medical certification of cause of death
  https://crvsgateway.info/The-value-of-cause-of-death-data~373
• University of Queensland,  Doctors Handbook on medical certification
  http://getinthepicture.org/sites/default/files/resources/Handbook%20for%20doctors%20on%20cause-of-death%20certification.pdf
• US instructions for completing the medical certificate in cases of injury or poisoning (external causes)
  https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/red_form.pdf
• US instructions for completing the medical certificate after hurricanes
  https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/hurricane_certification.pdf
• WHO online  ICD-10 training tool
  http://apps.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10training/ New York City Health
• WHO Application of ICD-10 to deaths during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
  http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/monitoring/9789241548458/en/
• WHO application of ICD-10 to deaths during the perinatal period: ICD-PM
  https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/monitoring/icd-10-perinatal-deaths/en/
  
  

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