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 …

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 …

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 …

Background: Birth registration is both a fundamental human right and an essential means of
protecting a child's right to identity. Objective: The aim was to assess the awareness …

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 …

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 …

PROBLEM: Birth registration remains far from complete in many developing countries. This
was true of Ghana before a major registration campaign was undertaken. APPROACH: This …

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%) …

Birth registration imposes major challenges in developing countries, with importance to
rights, health and all levels of development. Despite targeted initiatives, often with focus on …