Govt pilots e-death notification system
The ministry of home affairs will from the beginning of June pilot an electronic death notification system at Windhoek's Central Hospital, minister Frans Kapofi announced in parliament recently.
This follows hot on the heels of the electronic birth notification system that has been rolled out at most government hospitals.
Speaking during the motivation for his ministry's budget in the National Assembly, Kapofi said the new system would notify the population register when it will be introduced.
“The department of civil registrations led the design and development of the e-death notification system which aims to notify the e-National Population Registration System of all deaths occurring, as well as the recording the causes of death according to International Classification of Diseases. The system will be piloted at the Windhoek Central Hospital during the second quarter of 2018,” Kapofi said.
He also announced that a statistics report will be released based on data in the national population registration system.
“I am delighted to inform you that during the current financial year, Namibia will for the first time release a vital statistics report based on administrative records from the national population register.”
Meanwhile, Kapofi said the e-birth notification system had been rolled out at most state hospitals across the country.
The e-birth notification system was launched in May 2017.
“The system is currently implemented at the Windhoek Central and Katutura hospitals, the Eenhana and Engela state hospitals in the Ohangwena Region, the Rundu State Hospital, the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital, the Oshikuku and Outapi hospitals in Omusati and the Onandjokwe hospital in Oshikoto,” Kapofi said.
The ministry of home affairs had in the 2017/18 financial year registered a total of 43 147 births under the age of one while 28 465 persons births were registered later.
Sadly, 20 264 deaths were recorded in the same period which starts on 1 April and ends 31 March the following year.
OGONE TLHAGE
This follows hot on the heels of the electronic birth notification system that has been rolled out at most government hospitals.
Speaking during the motivation for his ministry's budget in the National Assembly, Kapofi said the new system would notify the population register when it will be introduced.
“The department of civil registrations led the design and development of the e-death notification system which aims to notify the e-National Population Registration System of all deaths occurring, as well as the recording the causes of death according to International Classification of Diseases. The system will be piloted at the Windhoek Central Hospital during the second quarter of 2018,” Kapofi said.
He also announced that a statistics report will be released based on data in the national population registration system.
“I am delighted to inform you that during the current financial year, Namibia will for the first time release a vital statistics report based on administrative records from the national population register.”
Meanwhile, Kapofi said the e-birth notification system had been rolled out at most state hospitals across the country.
The e-birth notification system was launched in May 2017.
“The system is currently implemented at the Windhoek Central and Katutura hospitals, the Eenhana and Engela state hospitals in the Ohangwena Region, the Rundu State Hospital, the Oshakati Intermediate Hospital, the Oshikuku and Outapi hospitals in Omusati and the Onandjokwe hospital in Oshikoto,” Kapofi said.
The ministry of home affairs had in the 2017/18 financial year registered a total of 43 147 births under the age of one while 28 465 persons births were registered later.
Sadly, 20 264 deaths were recorded in the same period which starts on 1 April and ends 31 March the following year.
OGONE TLHAGE
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