Tigo boosts automated birth registration process
As part of its strategic focus in working with UNICEF to accelerate birth registration in Ghana through mobile technology, tigo has presented 540 tablet phones with internet connectivity to the Births and Deaths Registry (BDR) for the pilot phase of the automated birth registration programme.
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The tablets will allow birth registration attendants from the registry to electronically capture details of all new births in 300 communities across the country.
A release from the telecom company said, “Launched in May 2016, the automated birth registration programme is expected to make a significant contribution to an improved national average registration rate, an increase from 65 per cent of all children under age one to at least 75 per cent by the end of 2017”.
It said a successful pilot would also contribute to progress under Ghana’s National Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Strategic Plan 2016-2020, which aims at reaching 100 per cent of children by end of 2020.
The release said, “Based on experience in countries such as Tanzania and Uganda, tigo Ghana partnered UNICEF Ghana in developing the new automated birth registration system. The outcomes for the children are clear. It will eliminate the lengthy and ineffective manual birth registration procedures”.
Through mobile technology, tigo said, the new registration process marked a significant shift in accelerating birth registration in Ghana, while monitoring and tracking the performance of field agents in real-time.
“For tigo, the investment in the automated birth registration system formed part of its broader digital lifestyle agenda which focuses on constant connectivity to work, create and share in a joined up way,’it said.
It said UNICEF, on the other hand, remained committed to the welfare and wellbeing of children.
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“An automated birth registration system will establish a strong foundation to build a new generation with official legal identity documents. The automated birth registration system is the first of its kind in Ghana”, it said.