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Measuring Africa’s Data Gap: The cost of not counting the dead - February 22, 2021

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  • Measuring Africa’s Data Gap: The cost of not counting the dead - February 22, 2021


    Only eight African countries out of more than 50 have a compulsory system to register deaths, a BBC investigation has found.

    This is not just a failure of the state to recognise individual tragedies but has enormous implications for the making of government policy.

    All but two countries in Europe - Albania and Monaco - have a universal death registration system, and in Asia, just over half, analysis of UN data shows.

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    Just eight countries in Africa have adequate death registration systems, a BBC investigation finds.

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