The health sector in civil registration: options and methods to increase registration of live births, stillbirths and deaths
This guidance should be used as an addendum to the WHO/UNICEF guidance Health Sector Contributions Towards Improving the Civil Registration of Births and Deaths in Low-Income Countries,7 which presents best-practice scenarios of the role of the health sector in live birth, stillbirth, and death registration. In line with WHO/ UNICEF publication, this guidance advocates for a proactive role for the health sector in civil registration.