How advanced is the epidemiological transition in Papua New Guinea? New evidence from verbal autopsy.

This knowledge gap represents a serious challenge for informed health planning, with available studies suggesting there is likely to be significant variation in NCD prevalence across the Pacific region and significant differences in risk factors for NCDs within PNG. 4 , 5 In this paper, we present data emanating from the application of automated verbal autopsy (VA) methods to help address the critical knowledge gap about COD patterns in PNG.

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