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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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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Status and associated factors of birth registration in selected districts of Tigray region, Ethiopia [PDF]
BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2020 Background Birth registration establishes the existence of a child under law and provides the foundation for ensuring many of his/her rights. Despite its significance, a continuous, effective and comprehensive birth registration system has not been ...
Shishay Tadesse Abay +1 more
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Are inequities decreasing? Birth registration for children under five in low-income and middle-income countries, 1999–2016 [PDF]
BMJ Global Health, 2019 Introduction Although global birth registration coverage has improved from 58% to 71% among children under five globally, inequities in birth registration coverage by wealth, urban/rural location, maternal education and access to a health facility ...
Aluísio J D Barros +3 more
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Socioeconomic determinants of accessibility to birth registration in Lao PDR [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2018 Background The global coverage rate of birth registration is only around 65% for the population of children under five although birth registration secures protection and access to health services that are fundamental rights for all babies.
Marika Nomura +6 more
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A missed opportunity: birth registration coverage is lagging behind Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) immunization coverage and maternal health services utilization in low- and lower middle-income countries [PDF]
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2019 Background Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems lay the foundation for good governance by increasing the effectiveness and delivery of public services, providing vital statistics for the planning and monitoring of national development ...
M. Hafizur Rahman +2 more
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Maternal autonomy and birth registration in India: Who gets counted? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 This paper examines the effect of maternal socio-economic status in the household, such as their autonomy, ability, freedom and bargaining power, on child birth registration in India using the nationally representative India Human Development Survey-II ...
Itismita Mohanty +1 more
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The Universal Birth Registration campaign [PDF]
Forced Migration Review, 2009 Birth registration is a critical first step in ensuring a child’srights throughout life.
Simon Heap, Claire Cody
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Socioeconomic determinants of birth registration in Ghana. [PDF]
BMC Int Health Hum Rights, 2015 El registro de la identidad no es solo una cuestión de derechos humanos, sino que también sirve como un instrumento importante para la planificación de la salud, la educación y el desarrollo en general. Este documento examina las posibilidades de que un niño nacido en Ghana entre 2001 y 2006 obtenga un estatus legal de identidad.
Amo-Adjei J, Annim SK.
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Barriers to birth registration in Indonesia [PDF]
The Lancet Global Health, 2016 Putu Duff +2 more
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