Cameroon begins campaign to issue 500k birth certificates to undocumented children

The pilot phase of a project is underway to issue 500,000 birth certificates to children who do not yet have the foundational identity document in Cameroon.

The project was launched recently in Batouri, a town in the East Region noted for low birth registration.

Decentralisation and Local Development Minister Georges Elanga Obam launched the project as the country joined the rest of the continent to celebrate the Africa Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Day earlier this month. …

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