Birth Registration in Nigeria: Making Children Count
Published: 1/Jan/2013
Source: UNICEF
A Bottleneck Analysis of the National Birth Registration System
The purpose of this report is to examine the situation of birth registration in Nigeria, including:
- Integrating existing data, including RapidSMS data, regarding the scale of non-registration
- Outlining the profiles of unregistered children and highlighting key inequities
- Identifying the barriers to registration
- Proposing new data collection methods designed to fill gaps in existing data
- Suggesting interventions to overcome barriers
- Providing a framework for assessing improvements and guiding subsequent analyses
Download: UNICEF_Nigeria-Making-Children-Count