Georges Reniers
PhD Student,
University of Pennsylvania
Related Interests
Mr. Reniers works with the analysis of caregiving of AIDS and other patients during terminal illness, based on verbal autopsies in Ethiopia.
Related Projects
Vital Events Registration Addis Ababa (VERAA)
The Vital Events Registration Addis Ababa (VERAA) project was initiated as a spin-off from a Masters in Public Health project of Sr. Tekebash Araya. The regular project receives funding (2002-2006) from the AIDS Foundation (Amsterdam). Ad-hoc funding was obtained from the Ford Foundation (travel grant), and the Mellon foundation (funding for the 2004 Verbal Autopsies)1. The core data collection system of the VERAA project is an ongoing surveillance of deaths at all burial sites (currently over 80) in Addis Ababa. The information recorded in the surveillance includes basic socio-demographic background characteristics as well as the lay diagnosis of the cause of death.
Related Publications
Araya T, Reniers G, Schaap A, Kebede D, Nagelkerke N, Coutinho R, and Sanders E. 2004. "Lay diagnosis of causes of death for monitoring AIDS mortality in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia." Tropical Medicine and International Health 19(1): 178-186.