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?
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?
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 deaths occurring outside health facilities?
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 deaths occurring in health facilities?
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?
Sri Lanka
Nearest relative
Indonesia
Unclear
Bolivia
Unclear
Mozambique
Nearest relative
Does the law mandate reporting of all stillbirths through the health sector?
Sri Lanka
Allowed
Indonesia
What is the role of the health sector in stillbirth registration?
Sri Lanka
Notification
Indonesia
Bolivia
Who is designated as the primary informant for births occurring in health facilities?
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?
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)
