VASA 2-Sign Score Association with IMCI Illness Signs for Community Neonates

9.5 KB of data in an XLS file, last updated on 2026-05-22, analyzes the association of the VASA 2-sign illness severity score with IMCI illness signs requiring treatment and urgent referral. The dataset, authored by Henry D. Kalter and licensed under CC-BY-4.0, focuses on neonates whose fatal illness began in the community.

Use Cases

• Validate the VASA 2-sign score against established IMCI criteria based on the described association analysis.
• Assess the impact of adding VASA signs to IMCI protocols for severe illness identification based on the combined IMCI-VASA illness signs mentioned.
• Model the mean number of signs leading to urgent referral decisions based on the described statistical measures.

Strengths

• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating reuse.
• File size is 9.5 KB, allowing for quick download and inspection.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Analysis of neonatal fatal illness cases originating in the community.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 17:46:50; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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