Birth registration: NPC, UNICEF unite to give every child legal identity
The stakeholders are pushing for stronger integration of birth registration with primary healthcare services, greater decentralisation of registration centres to local communities and seamless interoperability between civil registration and national identity systems.
Under the proposed model, birth notification at a health facility or community level would trigger the registration process, followed by issuance of a birth certificate and linkage with the national identity system.
The renewed push is aimed particularly at newborns and children under one, with stakeholders stressing that timely birth registration can serve as the gateway to a child’s access to healthcare, education, social protection and other essential services.
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