Improving Cause of Death Reporting

Improving cause of death reporting 

This course was developed by the Burden of Disease Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council in partnership with Nelson Mandela University Centre for Community Technologies and the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative

Why register for this free online course?

Register now and equip yourself to:

• Understand the importance of correct certification of cause of death
• Understand your role as doctor in producing reliable causes of death statistics
• Correctly complete a death certificate
• Know when to refer to Forensic Pathology Services for a post mortem investigation
• Receive a certificate of completion
• Play a crucial role in improving the quality of mortality statistics in South Africa

Participant feedback

“The part of the training that really impacted me was understanding the importance of correctly filling in the medical death certificate as it impacts the whole of our population.”

“Seeing how statistics obtained from cause of death certificates are used to forecast planning and budgets for health programmes and interventions, suddenly made this somewhat inconvenient task of filling in a death certificate, now one of vital importance.”

“I am now motivated to fill in the death certificate accurately to continue the respectful care toward a patient, knowing it will best serve the individual as well as the population.”