Sierra Leone News: 85 Million unregistered births in Sub-Saharan Africa
Published: 14/Jul/2016
Source: Awoko
Recent Global statistics shows that 230 million under the age of 5 have not been registered, and of these, 85 million are in Sub-Saharan Africa and 135 million in Asia, while 10 million are in the rest of the World.
These statistics were revealed yesterday at a Civil Registration and vital statistics session, held at Javouhey House on Leicester Peak, in the Mountain Rural District.
Organised by Plan International, UNICEF in collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, representatives from other MDA’s and UN agencies will meet for two days to develop a uniform consistent IEC package, which will be used to take to the 14 Districts around the Country.