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Improving the civil registration of births and deaths in low-income countries

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Updated 17 Feb 2024

The guidance – jointly developed by UNICEF and WHO – describes the mutual benefits that would accrue to individuals and societies from enhanced collaboration between the health and civil registration systems. It presents some common scenarios in which live births, stillbirths, and deaths occur and outlines key steps that health workers can take to enable them to be registered.

UNICEF Data

Updated 17 Feb 2024
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