Promoting birth certification is central to achieving legal identity for all-target 16.9 of the 2030
Sustainable Development Goals. Nigeria is not on track to achieve this goal with its low …

Background: Promoting birth certification is instrumental to achieving target 16.9 of the
Sustainable Development Goals: legal identity for all by 2030. However, limited research …

Background It is a recognized child right to acquire a name and a nationality, and birth
registration may be necessary to allow access to services, but the level of birth registration is …

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 …

BACKGROUND Nigeria is a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which
identifies birth registration as a child's right. However, it is unclear how much progress has …

Objectives To analyze the role of both demand-and supply-side factors affecting birth
registrations in East and Southern Africa by combining information on children, mothers, and …

Objectives Angola has a high burden of unregistered children and efforts to increase birth-
registration coverage have not yielded the desired progress. This study aimed to examine …

While according to the United Nations birth registration is a human right, in sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) only half of new-born children currently have their birth registered. To gain …

Background Birth registration is a crucial aspect of ensuring that children have access to
their rights and benefits, including health care, education, and citizenship. In sub-Saharan …

Background: In Uganda, only about one-third (32%) of children under age 5 have their births
registered with the civil authority. There is limited information on factors linked to birth …