Location
Tonga
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/
Joint Event
Yes
Joint Partner
Brisbane Accord Group (BAG)