Mozambique - Register a Death
ProcedureEdit
1.Death in a health facility
- When death occurs in a health institution, a hospital death certificate is issued by the administration of the institution. Here upon death, health personnel probably present at death obtains the hospital death certificate form and fills in the information about the deceased and cause of death;
- Then thereafter take the form is taken to a nearby registration office (civil registration conservatories and district office or the administrative posts )for death to be recorded;
- At the registration office details of the deceased person are recorded in the death register and a death certificate is issued;
2.Death not in a health facility
- You should report death to the local authority immediately after death has occurred;
- The authority writes a letter declaring death of the deceased person;
- Then take the letter to a civil registration office (civil registration conservatories and district office or the administrative posts) where details of the deceased are issued and thereafter a death certificate is issued;
3.Death abroad
- When death occurs out of Mozambique, look for a Mozambican diplomatic mission in the country. where death has occurred or in a neighbouring country (if there is no Mozambican diplomatic mission in the country where death occurred);
- Inform the authority of the identified Mozambican diplomatic mission about the death of the deceased;
- The occurrence shall be recorded and a death certificate is issued
Required DocumentsEdit
1.Copy of identification documents of the deceased
2.Hospital death certificate (if death occurred in a hospital)
3.Letter declaring death from local authority (if death that did not occur in hospital)
4.Embassy death certificate (if the deceased is from abroad)
Office Locations & ContactsEdit
- The Directorate of the Registry
Ministry of Justice
Avenida Julius Nyerere 33, Maputo
Telephone No.: (21) 491-613/ 490-940
Fax: (21) 494-264
- Ministry of Health
Avenida Eduardo Mondlane 1008, Maputo
Telephone No.: (21) 427-131/2/4
Fax: (21) 427-133
Website: http://www.misau.gov.mz
- Mozambican Diplomatic Missions.
A list of these can be downloaded from
http://embassy.goabroad.com/embassies-of/mozambique and
http://www.commonwealthofnations.org/sectors-mozambique/government/embassies/
EligibilityEdit
Any member of family of the deceased, friend, relative or any other person present at the time of death;
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ValidityEdit
Valid forever
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Processing TimeEdit
One (1) Two (2) days, however incomplete applications may take days.
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InstructionsEdit
1.An applicant reporting death must have detailed information about the deceased;
2.If possible death should be reported in company of a witness;
3.Death should be reported as soon as possible;
4.Death can be registered by any person present at death;
Required InformationEdit
1.Name of reporter of death
2.Name of the deceased person
3.Date and place of birth of the deceased person
4.Sex, age and marital of the deceased person at the time of death
5.Time and date of death of the deceased
6.Place of death
7.Cause of death
8.Place of residence at death
9.Place of burial
10.Details of dependants left behind (Spouse and children)
11.Details of parents (names and address, nationality of both parents, occupation of both parents and dates of Birth of both parents)
12.Details of witnesses present at death (the attending physician, midwife, birth attendant or other witnesses)
Need for the DocumentEdit
Death registration is the official and permanent recording of a deceased person by the State. Death registration in Mozambique is administered by the Ministry of Justice through the National Directorate of the Registries and Notary (Direco Nacional de Registos e Notariado, DNRN). The Directorate ensures that all deaths are registered through civil registration conservatories, hospital posts and district office or the administrative posts.
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Other uses of the Document/CertificateEdit
1.Registering death helps the relatives of the deceased to obtain a death certificate which is used as proof of death;
2.Registration of death is used at a national level to describe death in terms of variables like age, sex, and race.
3.Death registration helps to identify the main cause of death in the country;
4.Registering death helps government obtained information which is used in identification of changes in mortality patterns;
5.The information is also used in the planning processes at all levels in the country
External LinksEdit
http://www.who.int/healthinfo/civil_registration/crvs_meetingreport_april2014.pdf
https://www.ssb.no/histstat/doc/doc_199708.pdf
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/CRVS/Technical%2520report%2520SADC%2520final%2520v2.pdf
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