Experiences and Perceptions About Death Reporting and Notification Among Rural Communities on the Islands of Lake Victoria, Uganda: Qualitative Study

Mortality data are critical for planning and prioritization of public health interventions and are generated through civil registration and vital statistics systems like mortality surveillance systems. However, frameworks for strengthening mortality surveillance systems do not acknowledge the cultural relativism surrounding death and how it influences strategies to improve mortality surveillance systems. This paper aims to describe the experiences and perceptions about death reporting and notification among rural dwellers on the islands of Lake Victoria in Central Uganda.