Centre for Community Medicine (CCM), AIIMS, New Delhi is collaborating with Office of Registrar General of India (ORGI), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India for co-ordination of verbal autopsy based ascertainment of Cause of Death(CoD) under Sample Registration System (SRS) in India. For this purpose, a network comprising of Technical Support Unit (TSU) (at-CCM AIIMS, New Delhi), Medical Colleges and Physicians across India is being established which will be coordinated by TSU at AIIMS.
A network comprising of Technical Support Unit (TSU) (at-CCM AIIMS, New Delhi), Medical Colleges and Physicians across India is being established which will be coordinated by TSU at AIIMS.
This new SRS –VA Network is created to provide assistance to Office of Registrar General Of India (ORGI), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India in conducting Verbal autopsy and assigning causes of deaths (CoD)under Sample Registration System (SRS). The SRS-VA Network will consist of:
1.)Technical Support Unit - AIIMS
2.)Participating Institutions
3.)Physicians for Coding CoD
Based out of All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS,New Delhi), the number one ranked medical research and training institute in India.