No African child should be born without being given a birth certificate, Kampyongo says

MINISTER of Home Affairs, Hon. Stephen Kampyongo has said Africa has an opportunity to resolve the crisis of children born without being recorded or accounted for through crafting mechanisms that will provide birth records.
Speaking at a press conference held at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Lusaka, Minister of Home Affairs Hon. Stephen Kampyongo said Africa had an opportunity to quash what is known as the “scandal of invisibility” in which up-to 50% of African children are never accounted for or given birth certificates.
He said this causes a crisis in national planning and the provision of social service to the people as these group of people are rendered invisible to the system.
Kampyongo used the opportunity to welcome delegates that have arrived in Lusaka for the 5th Conference of African Ministers in charge of Civil Registration and Vital Documents.
He said the Conference being held in Zambia for the first time, was the largest beating the record of previous conferences held in Ethiopia, South Africa, Ivory Coast, and Mauritania.
He said the over 600 delegates, led by Africa Ministers, will be seized with the opportunity to resolve issues and challenges surrounding civil registration of documents and vital documents.
And Minister of Health, Dr.Chitalu Chilufya has said government had prioritised the securing of credible statistics as this helped in delivering health services to the people.
He said for universal health coverage and other policies to be successful, the programs would rely on the provision of reliable statistics.
He said his Ministry was participating in a pilot project of the integrated information system by issuing and transmitting birth records directly to the National Registration Centre.

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