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?
What is the role of the health sector in birth registration for births occurring in health facilities?
What is the role of the health sector in death registration for deaths occurring outside health facilities?
What is the role of the health sector in death registration for deaths occurring in health facilities?
Who is designated as the primary informant for natural deaths that occur in a health facility?
Does the law mandate reporting of all stillbirths through the health sector?
What is the role of the health sector in stillbirth registration?
Who is designated the primary informant for births occurring in health facilities?
Does the law designate a national level agency responsible for civil registration?
