Placing responsibility on heads of health facilities, doctors, nurses, midwives or other authorized health professionals to report or notify all vital events to the civil registration office, helps to ease the burden of registration on individuals and boosts civil registration rates. They also play a critical role in certifying cause of death by completing Medical Certificates of Cause of Death.
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What is the role of the health sector in birth registration for births occurring outside health facilities?
Morocco
No role
Colombia
Issuing evidence of birth
Zambia
Informant
Bangladesh
Notification
Ghana
Notification
Papua New Guinea
Informant
Sri Lanka
None
Indonesia
No role
Bolivia
Unclear
Mozambique
Notification
Uganda
None
What is the role of the health sector in birth registration for births occurring in health facilities?
Morocco
Notification
Colombia
Informant
,
Issuing evidence of birth
Zambia
Informant
Bangladesh
Notification
Ghana
Notification
Papua New Guinea
Informant
Sri Lanka
Issuing of evidence of birth, birth record or equivalent
Indonesia
Issuing of evidence of birth, birth record or equivalent
Bolivia
None
Mozambique
Notification
Uganda
Registration
What is the role of the health sector in death registration for natural deaths occurring outside health facilities?
Morocco
Issuing evidence of death, Providing Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
Colombia
Providing Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
Zambia
Providing Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
Bangladesh
Notification
Ghana
Notification
Providing Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
Papua New Guinea
Informant, Providing Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
Sri Lanka
Providing Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
Indonesia
No role
Bolivia
Issuing evidence of death or other equivalent document
Mozambique
Providing Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
What is the role of the health sector in death registration for natural deaths occurring in health facilities?
Morocco
Notification, Providing Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
Colombia
Issuing of evidence of death, death record or equivalent document
Zambia
Providing Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
Bangladesh
Notification
Ghana
Notification
Providing Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
Papua New Guinea
Informant, Providing Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
Sri Lanka
Issuing of evidence of death, death record or equivalent document
Indonesia
Issuing of evidence of death, death record or equivalent document
Bolivia
Issuing of evidence of death, death record or equivalent document
Mozambique
Issuing evidence of death or other equivalent document
Who is designated as the primary informant for natural deaths that occur in a health facility?
Morocco
Nearest relative
Colombia
Nearest relative
Zambia
Other
Bangladesh
Nearest relative
Ghana
Nearest relative
Papua New Guinea
Head of health facilitiy or other health staff
Sri Lanka
Nearest relative
Indonesia
Unclear
Bolivia
Unclear
Mozambique
Nearest relative
Does the law mandate reporting of all stillbirths through the health sector?
Morocco
Not permitted
Colombia
Mandatory
Zambia
Not mandated by law but recorded in practice
Bangladesh
Not mandated by law but recorded in practice
Ghana
Unclear
Papua New Guinea
Unclear
Sri Lanka
Indonesia
Bolivia
Mozambique
What is the role of the health sector in stillbirth registration?
Morocco
Notification
Colombia
Zambia
Issuing of evidence of stillbirth
Bangladesh
Ghana
Issuing of evidence of stillbirth
Papua New Guinea
Informant, Issuing of evidence of stillbirth
Mozambique
Sri Lanka
Notification
Indonesia
Bolivia
Who is designated as the primary informant for births occurring in health facilities?
Morocco
Either parent
Colombia
Either parent
Zambia
Mother
Bangladesh
Either parent
Ghana
Either parent
Papua New Guinea
Head of health facility or other health staff
Sri Lanka
Either parent
Indonesia
Any parent
Bolivia
Either parent
Mozambique
Either parent
Uganda
Either parent
Does the law designate a national level agency responsible for civil registration?
Morocco
Yes. Ministry of the Interior.
Colombia
Yes. National Civil Registry Office (Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil, RNEC).
Zambia
Yes. Department of National Registration, Passport and Citizenship.
Bangladesh
Yes. Office of the Registrar General of Birth and Death Registration.
Ghana
Yes. National Office of the Births and Deaths Registry.
Papua New Guinea
Yes. Civil and Identity Registry.
Mozambique
Sri Lanka
Yes, it is the Registrar General's Department
Indonesia
Yes. Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil).
Bolivia
Yes. Servicio de Registro Cívico—SERECI (Civic Register System)
