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The upper West regional director for the Birth and Death Registry, Naah Alhassan Musah has stated it will become much easier for newborns to get a code of registration generated at the facility of birth with the introduction of the new technology called harmonized BDR project.
He said that new system will eliminate delays in information transfer and make their work more efficient.
Until now he added that registration of children in Ghana is normally done within days of the birth of a child. Most families combine this with the traditional outdooring of the child which normally takes place between 7-30 days (or more in some cases) after the child has been born.
He said that by law; however, the child is supposed to be registered within 21 days of birth. A grace period of 12 months is given to register the child free of charge. Any time later will attract a fee. Otherwise, registering a child after birth is free of charge. A birth certificate will be issued to the child by the registry as soon as the child is registered.
In the new automated system, he said that, the child’s weighing card from the hospital containing names of parents to contact are used to generate a code and send to the Births and Deaths Registry to confirm the birth of the child within the district.
