Decentralization of birth registration to Local Government in Tanzania: the association with completeness of birth registration and certification [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2020 Background In Tanzania only an estimated one-quarter of births are registered and certified. Birth registration uses a centralized system with geographic and cost barriers for families. A pilot decentralized birth registration system has been trialled in
Christopher Sanga +5 more
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Closing the birth registration gap for Every newborn facility birth: literature review and qualitative research [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2023 Background Birth registration is vital to provide legal identity and access to essential services. Worldwide, approximately 166 million children under five years (just under 25%) are unregistered, yet >80% of all births occur in health facilities in most
Masudah Paleker +4 more
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Birth registration in India: Are wealth inequities decreasing? [PDF]
SSM: Population Health, 2021 Background: This study examines the geographic variation and the magnitude of wealth inequities in birth registration in India between 2005 and 2015. Methods: Data came from India's 2005 (n = 51,940) and 2015 (n = 250,194) Demographic Health Surveys.
Amiya Bhatia +2 more
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Improving the timeliness of birth registration in Fiji through a financial incentive [PDF]
Global EpidemiologyBackground: Fiji is a Pacific Island nation with the predominant ethnic groups indigenous Fijians (iTaukei) (62 %) and Fijians of Indian descent (31 %).
Christine Linhart +7 more
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Determinants of birth registration in India: Evidence from NFHS 2015-16. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 ObjectivesOfficial data on birth is important to monitor the specific targets of SDGs. About 2.7 million children under age five years do not have official birth registration document in India.
Krishna Kumar, Nandita Saikia
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Impact of Institutionalisation of Births on Health Policies and Birth Registration in India [PDF]
Annals of Global HealthBackground: The Registration of Births and Deaths Act (RBD) of 1969 in India mandates continuous recording of vital events; however, after more than 50 years of its enactment, universality remains elusive.
Sheetal Verma +2 more
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Birth registration in Nepal: An assessment of progress based on two national surveys [PDF]
PLOS Global Public Health, 2023 Birth registration, an essential component of the civil registration system, is expected to be complete and universal. This study assesses the progress made in recent years and identifies gaps in birth registration in Nepal.
Sharad K. Sharma +3 more
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Counting on birth registration: mixed-methods research in two EN-BIRTH study hospitals in Tanzania [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021 Background Birth registration marks a child’s right to identity and is the first step to establishing citizenship and access to services. At the population level, birth registration data can inform effective programming and planning.
Sarah Reed +12 more
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How reliable are self-reported estimates of birth registration completeness? Comparison with vital statistics systems. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 BackgroundThe widely-used estimates of completeness of birth registration collected by Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and published by UNICEF primarily rely on registration status of children as ...
Tim Adair, Alan D Lopez
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Obstacles to birth registration in Niger: estimates from a recent household survey [PDF]
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2019 Despite progress made towards increasing birth registration rates over the last dozen years, almost one in two children may still not get registered at birth in Niger according to a recent nationally representative household survey.
Quentin Wodon, Ali Yedan
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