Births And Deaths Registration Below Benchmark

Ghana is doing about 65 per cent births registration and 23 per cent deaths registration, which is below the global benchmark of 90 per cent or better, Helen Adjoa Ntoso, Volta Regional Minister, has stated. However, she said: “The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development is committed to supporting the Births and Deaths Registry to ensure that universal births and deaths registration coverage is achieved by 2020.” Mrs Ntoso was addressing the 11th National Births and...