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Registration of Home Deaths Namibia Addis Ababa, 5 December 2014 Current Business Process Family or headmen report the death to Police Police takes the body to the Mortuary A police report is issued to relatives, cause of death: under investigation. Relatives filled in a form @ MHAI, police report is attached MHAI captured and D(C issued Post-mortem conducted If unnatural cause, cause of death submitted, and captured in the NPRS Relatives takes the report to Mortuary to get it stamped Cases where bodies are buried before reporting to the police • Most cases are reported to the police, and the police takes the responsibility to bring the body to mortuary. However, there is cases, where the death is only reported after the burial. The MHAI only register if there is substantial proof. Some people only reports the death, when they are in need of the death certificate. Bottlenecks • Distances and general lack of understanding of public of the importance of death registration • Some regions do not have mortuaries, and police need to transport the death bodies • Not all mortuary have doctors • Accessibility – hard to reach areas have long distance to health services and police services • Police do not return the form with cause of the death to MHAI • Vital statistics not compiled or transmitted to Statistics Agency Desired business Process Awareness public and headmen Report is issued and stamped MHAI captured and issues D/C Mobile notification system Police or relatives take report to MHAI Direct electronic updated from the police on Cause of death Report is issued Transmission of raw data to NSA for compilation of statistics Police pick up body 5 Strategies • • • • • • Consultations with Headmen and community awareness Expansion of registration offices Expansion of health infrastructure ( ICT, roads and mortuaries ) Recruitment and training of doctors and police Agreement with Police to integrate ICT systems Undertakers to be informed that no coffin/funeral services must be provided, if there is no death certificate. • Finalisation of MOU between MHAI and NSA on transmission of data through interface for timely vital statistics.