Telenor Pakistan and Plan International Pakistan signed a partnership on the project "Strengthening Civil Registration of Vital Statistics (CRVS) in Pakistan through appropriate use of Digital Technologies" to digitally enhance the system of registering and certifying vital events such as births and deaths to better leverage healthcare, education, social welfare, intervention, and other programs for larger demographics.
More than 70 percent children under the age of five in Pakistan are unregistered. This makes them vulnerable and unprotected as the birth certificate not only provides legal identity to children but also ensures access to basic rights and services including education and healthcare, share in inheritance and protection from child-labour, child-marriage and trial as adult in criminal justice system. The project is being implemented in more than 60 Union Councils of districts Sujawal and Tando Muhammad Khan in Sindh and district Chiniot in Punjab. This system is based on innovative use of technology through digital platforms for data reporting and analysis.-PR