By Michael Gwarisa While 70% of deaths in Zimbabwe occur in rural communities, nearly half of those deaths are not registered with the Civil Registry Department. Although Zimbabwean law mandates compulsory death registration, compliance in rural areas remains low, with many deaths going unrecorded. This has raised concerns about the accuracy of national demographic data, affecting population projections, disease surveillance, epidemic tracking, and mortality pattern analysis. Letisia Zengeya, Assistant Registrar General for Births and Deaths, attributed the low death registration rates to the inaccessibility of registration centers and a lack…
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