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 …

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 …

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 …

Objectives Official data on birth is important to monitor the specific targets of SDGs. About
2.7 million children under age five years do not have official birth registration document in …

Background Birth registration is the official and permanent recording of a child's birth within
a civil registry, according to the legal requirements of a country. Although the Sustainable …

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 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 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 …

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 …

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 …