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270,000 newborns registered digitally in two months as Kenya rolls out e-birth system

More than 270,000 newborns have been registered and assigned lifelong Unique Personal Identifiers (UPIs) in the past two months as Kenya rolls out an electronic birth notification system.

  • Kenya's electronic birth notification system registered 270,000 newborns in two months.
  • Tenwek Hospital in Bomet County demonstrated the system's efficiency with five-minute registration.
  • Birth certificates can now be obtained without reapplying or visiting a Huduma Centre.

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