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Birth registration

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What is birth registration and why does it matter?

Without legal proof of identity, children are left uncounted and invisible

10/12/2019

Report

Report

Birth registration for every child by 2030

Are we on track?

10/12/2019

Press release

Press release

Despite significant increase in birth registration, a quarter of the world’s children remain ‘invisible’

Proportion of registered births increased almost 20 per cent over past decade, yet 166 million children under-five have never been officially recorded

10/12/2019

Article

Article

Angolan football stars team up for birth registration drive

In Angola, three in every four children under 5 have no birth certificate

28/03/2019

Press release

Press release

UNHCR and UNICEF urge action in Europe to end childhood statelessness

14/02/2019

Press release

Press release

Crisis of invisibility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Less than 1 in 2 births registered

At current rates 115 million children will be unregistered by 2030

07/12/2017

Article

Article

The Dominican Republic’s invisible children

The lack of birth registration deprives about 186,000 children in Dominican Republic of basic rights like medical care, vaccination and education

28/07/2017

Article

Article

Boosting birth registration in Pakistan with mobile phones

In rural communities in Pakistan, an innovative pilot project is using mobile phones to empower Lady Health Workers to register newborn children

01/04/2016

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