Trends and Determinants of Birth Registration Completeness in Zimbabwe, 2005-2015

Improving completeness of birth and death registration in rural Africa.

www.thelancet.com/lancetgh Vol 4 September 2016 e604 the functioning of the registration system. Registration being nearly complete (>90%) implies that all social strata were affected by the changes to registration practice, which can be verified by socioeconomic analysis. For the poorest group (lowest level of wealth), completeness of birth registration increased from 5% in 1992–94 to 67% in 2...

Socioeconomic determinants of birth registration in Ghana

BACKGROUND Identity registration is not only a matter of human rights but it also serves as an important instrument for planning about health, education and overall development. This paper examines the chances of a child born in Ghana between 2001 and 2006 obtaining legal status of identity. METHODS Data for this paper were extracted from the 2006 Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS...

Completeness of Birth Registration in the United States in 1940.

An Investigation of Prescription Indicators and Trends Among General Practitioners and Specialists From 2005 to 2015 in Kerman, Iran

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) aims to promote strategies that ensure efficacy, safety, suitability, and cost effectiveness of medicine prescription. Health systems should design effective mechanisms to monitor prescription and rational use of medicines at all healthcare settings. This study aimed to determine and analyze prescription patterns of general practitioners and specia...

Socioeconomic determinants of accessibility to birth registration in Lao PDR

BACKGROUND The global coverage rate of birth registration is only around 65% for the population of children under five although birth registration secures protection and access to health services that are fundamental rights for all babies. This study aimed to perform a basic analysis of the accessibility to birth registration to better understand how to improve the birth registration system in ...