Death Registration in Nigeria : A Systematic Literature Review of its Performance and Challenges

Death registration provides an opportunity for the legal documentation of death of persons. Documentation of deaths has several implications including its use in the recovery of inheritance and insurance benefits. It is also an important input for construction of life tables which are crucial for na...

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Main Authors:	Makinde, Olusesan Ayodeji, Odimegwu, Clifford Obby, Udoh, Mojisola O., Adedini, Sunday A., Akinyemi, Joshua O., Atobatele, Akinyemi, Fadeyibi, Opeyemi, Abdulaziz-Sule, Fatima, Babalola, Stella, Orobaton, Nosakhare
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2021
Subjects:	CIVIL REGISTRATION DEATH CERTIFICATE DEATH REGISTRATION DEMOGRAPHICS HEALTH PLANNING VITAL STATISTICS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35815

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spelling	okr-10986-358152021-07-19T16:37:58Z Death Registration in Nigeria : A Systematic Literature Review of its Performance and Challenges Makinde, Olusesan Ayodeji Odimegwu, Clifford Obby Udoh, Mojisola O. Adedini, Sunday A. Akinyemi, Joshua O. Atobatele, Akinyemi Fadeyibi, Opeyemi Abdulaziz-Sule, Fatima Babalola, Stella Orobaton, Nosakhare CIVIL REGISTRATION DEATH CERTIFICATE DEATH REGISTRATION DEMOGRAPHICS HEALTH PLANNING VITAL STATISTICS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Death registration provides an opportunity for the legal documentation of death of persons. Documentation of deaths has several implications including its use in the recovery of inheritance and insurance benefits. It is also an important input for construction of life tables which are crucial for national planning. However, the registration of deaths is poor in several countries including Nigeria. This paper describes the performance of death registration in Nigeria and factors that may affect its performance. We conducted a systematic literature review of death registration completeness in Nigeria to identify, characterize issues as well as challenges associated with realizing completeness in death registration. Only 13.5% of deaths in Nigeria were registered in 2007 which regressed to 10% in 2017. There was no data reported for Nigeria in the World Health Organization database between 2008 and 2017. The country scored less than 0.1 (out of a maximum of 1) on the Vital Statistics Performance Index. There are multiple institutions with parallel constitutional and legal responsibilities for death registration in Nigeria including the National Population Commission, National Identity Management Commission and Local Government Authorities, which may be contributing to its overall poor performance. 2021-06-23T16:08:52Z 2021-06-23T16:08:52Z 2020-09-07 Journal Article Global Health Action 1654-9716 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35815 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article Africa Africa Western and Central (AFW) Nigeria
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topic	CIVIL REGISTRATION DEATH CERTIFICATE DEATH REGISTRATION DEMOGRAPHICS HEALTH PLANNING VITAL STATISTICS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
spellingShingle	CIVIL REGISTRATION DEATH CERTIFICATE DEATH REGISTRATION DEMOGRAPHICS HEALTH PLANNING VITAL STATISTICS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Makinde, Olusesan Ayodeji Odimegwu, Clifford Obby Udoh, Mojisola O. Adedini, Sunday A. Akinyemi, Joshua O. Atobatele, Akinyemi Fadeyibi, Opeyemi Abdulaziz-Sule, Fatima Babalola, Stella Orobaton, Nosakhare Death Registration in Nigeria : A Systematic Literature Review of its Performance and Challenges
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description	Death registration provides an opportunity for the legal documentation of death of persons. Documentation of deaths has several implications including its use in the recovery of inheritance and insurance benefits. It is also an important input for construction of life tables which are crucial for national planning. However, the registration of deaths is poor in several countries including Nigeria. This paper describes the performance of death registration in Nigeria and factors that may affect its performance. We conducted a systematic literature review of death registration completeness in Nigeria to identify, characterize issues as well as challenges associated with realizing completeness in death registration. Only 13.5% of deaths in Nigeria were registered in 2007 which regressed to 10% in 2017. There was no data reported for Nigeria in the World Health Organization database between 2008 and 2017. The country scored less than 0.1 (out of a maximum of 1) on the Vital Statistics Performance Index. There are multiple institutions with parallel constitutional and legal responsibilities for death registration in Nigeria including the National Population Commission, National Identity Management Commission and Local Government Authorities, which may be contributing to its overall poor performance.
format	Journal Article
author	Makinde, Olusesan Ayodeji Odimegwu, Clifford Obby Udoh, Mojisola O. Adedini, Sunday A. Akinyemi, Joshua O. Atobatele, Akinyemi Fadeyibi, Opeyemi Abdulaziz-Sule, Fatima Babalola, Stella Orobaton, Nosakhare
author_facet	Makinde, Olusesan Ayodeji Odimegwu, Clifford Obby Udoh, Mojisola O. Adedini, Sunday A. Akinyemi, Joshua O. Atobatele, Akinyemi Fadeyibi, Opeyemi Abdulaziz-Sule, Fatima Babalola, Stella Orobaton, Nosakhare
author_sort	Makinde, Olusesan Ayodeji
title	Death Registration in Nigeria : A Systematic Literature Review of its Performance and Challenges
title_short	Death Registration in Nigeria : A Systematic Literature Review of its Performance and Challenges
title_full	Death Registration in Nigeria : A Systematic Literature Review of its Performance and Challenges
title_fullStr	Death Registration in Nigeria : A Systematic Literature Review of its Performance and Challenges
title_full_unstemmed	Death Registration in Nigeria : A Systematic Literature Review of its Performance and Challenges
title_sort	death registration in nigeria : a systematic literature review of its performance and challenges
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2021
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Death Registration in Nigeria : A Systematic Literature Review of its Performance and Challenges

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