An electronic register for vital registration in a rural village with no electricity in Malawi.

Setting: Chalasa village, Traditional Authority Mtema, Lilongwe District, Malawi.

Objectives: To report on the deployment of an electronic register in a rural village with no electricity. Specific objectives were to document 1) challenges in setting up the electronic village register (EVR); 2) demographics of village residents, along with births and deaths over three quarters; and 3) the costs of setting up the system.