Birth registration efforts advance with funding support announcements for Cameroon, Tanzania

Reports of funding support for the implementation of different civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) and birth registration projects have emerged from Cameroon and Tanzania this week.

Cameroon councils get $443K support for birth certificate issuance

In Cameroon, the government, via the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and the Family, has given a grant of 266 million Francs CFA (US$443,000) to 21 local councils in seven regions to support the issuance of birth certificates.

The grant is the subject of …

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