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Trends and Determinants of Birth Registration Completeness in Zimbabwe, 2005-2015

Comparative Population Studies, 2023
Childbirth registration in Zimbabwe has decreased over the years, yet the risk factors associated with this incompleteness have not been explored. This study investigates the trends in birth registration completeness and factors associated with the ...
Ronald Musizvingoza, Naomi N. Wekwete, Kudzaishe Mangombe, Garikai Zinumwe   +3 more
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Rapid assessment of the civil registration and vital statistics performance of health facilities in the five districts of Zambia: A cross-sectional study

Heliyon, 2021
Background: Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) are essential administrative tools for accurate statistical data on vital events. However, civil registration coverage is particularly poor in low- and middle-income countries.
Yuta Yokobori, Jun Matsuura, Hiromi Obara, Yasuo Sugiura, Tomomi Kitamura, Crispin Moyo, Chomba Mwango, Motoyuki Yuasa   +7 more
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Linking maternity data for England 2007: methods and data quality [PDF]

, 2011
Maternity Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data for 2007 were linked to birth registration and NHS Numbers for Babies (NN4B) data to bring together some key demographic and clinical data items not otherwise available at a national level.
Datta-Nemdharry, P., Dattani, N., Macfarlane, A. J.   +2 more
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Birth, stillbirth and death registration data completeness, quality and utility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

Population Health Metrics, 2021
Background Birth registration is a child’s first right. Registration of live births, stillbirths and deaths is foundational for national planning. Completeness of birth registration for live births in low- and middle-income countries is measured through ...
Simon Kasasa, Davis Natukwatsa, Edward Galiwango, Tryphena Nareeba, Collins Gyezaho, Ane Baerent Fisker, Mezgebu Yitayal Mengistu, Francis Dzabeng, M. Moinuddin Haider, Judith Yargawa, Joseph Akuze, Angela Baschieri, Claudia Cappa, Debra Jackson, Joy E. Lawn, Hannah Blencowe, Dan Kajungu, the Every Newborn-INDEPTH Study Collaborative Group   +17 more
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Development of a Mobile, Self-Sovereign Identity Approach for Facility Birth Registration in Kenya

Frontiers in Blockchain, 2021
Birth registration is a critical element of newborn care. Increasing the coverage of birth registration is an essential part of the strategy to improve newborn survival globally, and is central to achieving greater health, social, and economic equity as ...
Maria Freytsis, Iain Barclay, Swapna Krishnakumar Radha, Adam Czajka, Geoffery H. Siwo, Geoffery H. Siwo, Ian Taylor, Ian Taylor, Sherri Bucher, Sherri Bucher   +9 more
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Registered or unregistered? Levels and differentials in registration and certification of births in Ghana

BMC International Health and Human Rights, 2018
Background The birth of a child is a vital event that needs to be registered but this is not always the case as an estimated 40 million births go unregistered annually. Birth registration safeguards the basic rights of children and gives them an identity,
Fidelia A. A. Dake, Kamil Fuseini
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Exploring Childhood Statelessness in South Africa

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2020
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees set a 10-year timeline in 2014 to prevent childhood statelessness and believes this is possible if the following four steps are taken.
Fatima Khan
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Birth outcomes for African and Caribbean babies in England and Wales: retrospective analysis of routinely collected data [PDF]

, 2012
Objectives: To compare mean birth weights, gestational ages and odds of preterm birth and low birth weight of live singleton babies of black African or Caribbean ethnicity born in 2005 or 2006 by mother's country of birth.
Datta-Nemdharry, P., Dattani, N., Macfarlane, A. J.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Delayed Birth Registration [PDF]

American Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1942
T HE tremendous increase in the demand for birth certificates for adults occasioned within the last two years by national defense has focused interest upon this problem. The Council of the Vital Statistics Section has requested that a brief report on the subject of delayed birth registration be made before the Section. There are important reasons why a
openaire   +2 more sources

QUALITY OF AGE STATISTICS IN INDIA: AN INSIGHT OF CHANGING COURSE OF RELIABILITY

Zbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić", 2018
The second phase of census operation in India — population enumeration — collects data on individual’s characteristics from every household. Out of 30 questions that are asked the pivotal query is that of the age and the sex. Both these data have certain
Rabiul Ansary, Mohammad Arif
doaj   +1 more source