Speakers at a workshop on Thursday stressed the importance of completing the mandatory birth and death registration by the specified time as the certificates are essential for accessing various services, including school admission.
The speakers said that only 49 per cent of deaths were registered with only 1 per cent within specific 45 days, while 54 per cent of births were registered within the stipulated period of same number of days.
At the workshop on 鈥楯ournalists Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics and Impactful Stories on Birth and Death Registration鈥� organised by Nari Maitree in the capital, speakers highlighted the media鈥檚 critical role in raising awareness about birth and death registration, addressing legal identity issues, and advocating for policy reforms.
鈥楾he birth and death registration laws require registration within 45 days, but most people are unaware of this rule and struggle to access essential services,鈥� said Global Health Advocacy Incubator country lead Muhammad Ruhul Quddus.
He added that accurate and timely birth and death registration could eliminate the need for a national census every 10 years.
Nari Maitree executive director Shaheen Akter Dolly said, 鈥楤irth registration establishes and ensures legal benefits, social security and fundamental rights for children. As awareness of CRVS is very low, there is a need for increased awareness.鈥�
Vital Strategies, Bangladesh country coordinator Md Moyeen Uddin stressed the need for public cooperation in strengthening the CRVS system and highlighted how health-related data collection and analysis played a crucial role in improving CRVS effectiveness.
The speakers also said that CRVS was crucial for accurate population data, effective health planning, social security and establishing legal identity.