The Gambia reaches 1.17M birth registration milestone with World Bank support

A World Bank-supported project to help set up a digital Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (eCRVS) system for The Gambia has seen the issuance of birth certificates and social insurance cards to 1.17 million people, representing more than half of the country’s estimated population of 2.71 million citizens.

The success of this project recorded within a period of seven months is highlighted in a blog article published by the Bretton Woods institution recently.

According to the publication, the project, dubbed …

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