Tanzania: Over 3m Children Under Five Have Birth Certificates - Rita

MORE than three million children under five years of age have been registered and given birth certificates in 11 regions across the country, the Registration Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA) said yesterday.

The children were registered between 2013 and 2018 under an under-five birthday registration strategy initiated by the government to increase significantly the proportion of under-five children with birth certificates as well as set out an efficient and effective registration system in Mainland Tanzania.

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