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?
Bolivia
Unclear
Uganda
None
Sri Lanka
None
Indonesia
No role
What is the role of the health sector in birth registration for births occurring in health facilities?
Bolivia
None
Uganda
Registration
Sri Lanka
Issuing of evidence of birth, birth record or equivalent
Indonesia
Issuing of evidence of birth, birth record or equivalent
What is the role of the health sector in death registration for deaths occurring outside health facilities?
Bolivia
Issuing evidence of death or other equivalent document
Indonesia
No role
Sri Lanka
Providing Medical Certificate of Cause of Death
What is the role of the health sector in death registration for deaths occurring in health facilities?
Bolivia
Issuing of evidence of death, death record or equivalent document
Indonesia
Issuing of evidence of death, death record or equivalent document
Sri Lanka
Issuing of evidence of death, death record or equivalent document
Who is designated as the primary informant for natural deaths that occur in a health facility?
Bolivia
Unclear
Indonesia
Unclear
Sri Lanka
Nearest relative
Does the law mandate reporting of all stillbirths through the health sector?
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Allowed
What is the role of the health sector in stillbirth registration?
Indonesia
Bolivia
Sri Lanka
Notification
Who is designated the primary informant for births occurring in health facilities?
Bolivia
Either parent
Uganda
Either parent
Sri Lanka
Either parent
Indonesia
Any parent
Does the law designate a national level agency responsible for civil registration?
Indonesia
Yes. Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil).
Bolivia
Yes. Servicio de Registro Cívico—SERECI (Civic Register System)
