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1. Introduction
Statistics have revealed that the birth of close to 230 million children under five years
of age, and two-thirds of all deaths have not been officially registered . The
registration of children serves as a basis for the establishment of their legal identity,
equal access to basic services and other basic needs .On the other hand, registration
of death which includes identifying the cause of death provides the public health
system with the necessary statistics that can be used to develop and implement
programmes which will help improve the health and wellbeing of the general
populace .
Therefore, for the general welfare of a population, the statistics of births and deaths
must be collected and stored. This will enable agencies and government to track the
progress made to plan towards better sustainable goals thereby enhancing better
universal health coverage . This collection and storage of birth and death statistics can
be done through the use of technology has made significant progress in this regard.
One of the sectors the Government concentrated on was the health sector . They
embarked upon developing national policies and strategies for integrating ICTs into
the health system. To make this project feasible, the Ministry of Health and Social .
Most of these organisations have assisted the Ministry in so many aspects in which
registrations of births and deaths are among them.The Electronic System is a physical
inter- connection of components, or parts, which gathers various amounts of
information together which depicts the e-notification system.
2. Research Objectives
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