1.3. Birth registration

Birth registration is the first step in securing legal identity and nationality, and accessing basic rights like education, health care, and social protection. A birth certificate provides the documentary evidence required for such life events as graduating, voting, inheriting, and obtaining a passport.

Birth registration process in HERA

The basic birth registration process in HERA consists of a number of standard steps.

These individual steps of the birth registration process are described below:

Birth
Ideally, a birth should be registered the moment a baby is born. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can support the registration of children born in public or private healthcare centres, as well as those born outside of these centres.

Notification
The notification can be performed by users with either one of the following roles:
▪ Health care professional (midwife, nurse, etc.)
▪ Local official (village chief, etc.)It is important to note that these roles can have a different focus when it comes to providing data to the registrar. A health care professional will be able to share medical / pregnancy details regarding the circumstances of birth, while local official cannot provide such data reliably. A user with one of the above-mentioned user roles in HERA is required to supply the birth reference information. At a minimum, the collected information for the new-born child should include the following:
▪ time of birth
▪ date of birth
▪ place of birth
▪ gender

This set of data is known as a Birth Reference. By providing this birth reference information, the new-born can obtain a birth certificate.

Registration

The registrar is someone with the official government role in HERA who will look at the collected data. Based on the provided evidence, the registrar will confirm that the birth registration is correct and finalize the registration.

Certification
For other than hospital births, additional verification by an official might be required before the registration is finalized. If the information cannot be trusted to be authentic, additional proof must be gathered for verification. A government official is responsible for confirming. If positive confirmation is impossible, the parents will likely need to visit the local registrar’s office to proceed with the registration.

Certification

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