Cluster of Research Excellence for Preparedness and Response to Pandemics and Shocks Mortality Surveillance Project Dissemination Workshop

Registration of deaths and their causes is crucial for governments to plan for their countries as it guides health policy, resource allocation and decision-making[1]. However, more than two-thirds of deaths occurring in communities worldwide go unregistered in the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems[2]. In Uganda, the rate of death registration remains considerably low, standing at 24% as per the statistics from the Uganda National Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) years ago[3].

Islands districts in Uganda encounter a number of deaths due to drowning, road traffic accidents, communicable and non-communicable diseases, maternal and neonatal deaths[4]. However, hardly are they notified and registered with the health facilities and sub county authorities, and little is therefore known about mortality statistics and patterns in Uganda’s islands[5]. The lack of statics motivated this study to understand the status of death registration, barriers and facilitators regarding community death notification, registration and certification. This project explored experiences, barriers and facilitators towards death reporting and notification, whose findings informed a capacity building activities in Buvuma and Kalangala districts. Lessons from this project will inform national policy and other interventions aimed improving mortality statistics in the country.

This workshop aims at disseminating the project findings, and lessons from the mortality surveillance project to strengthen death notification and reporting, not only in Kalangala and Buvuma but also at a national level in Uganda, and in other low- and middle-income countries.

Workshop details

Date: Friday, November 8th 2024

Venue: MakSPH Auditorium

Time: 9:00am – 2:10pm

Tentative Program