The Registrar General's Department (RGD) says it is now
capturing information related to all hospital births since its Bedside
Registration Programme was implemented on January 1 last year.
In an address formally announcing a new policy of on-line registration for marriages occurring in hotels, the RGD's Chief Executive Officer Dr. Patricia Holness said prior to bedside registration less than 30% of all births registered had names entered at the point of registration.
Dr. Holness attributed the success to the initiative implemented nearly a year ago.
"At the Victoria Jubilee Hospital for example, we have moved from 0% of children named at birth to close to 99% of children being named within days of birth ... across Jamaica, we're at 98% since January 1, 2007 with children being named within days of birth," she said.
Under the "Name the Children Initiative", parents who name their children at birth receive the first copy of the certificate free of cost, within three months of birth.
The RGD launched the initiative to capture information on thousands of unnamed children in the RGD's system.
Dr. Holness told RJR News that nearly 80% of them have now been formally named.
In an address formally announcing a new policy of on-line registration for marriages occurring in hotels, the RGD's Chief Executive Officer Dr. Patricia Holness said prior to bedside registration less than 30% of all births registered had names entered at the point of registration.
Dr. Holness attributed the success to the initiative implemented nearly a year ago.
"At the Victoria Jubilee Hospital for example, we have moved from 0% of children named at birth to close to 99% of children being named within days of birth ... across Jamaica, we're at 98% since January 1, 2007 with children being named within days of birth," she said.
Under the "Name the Children Initiative", parents who name their children at birth receive the first copy of the certificate free of cost, within three months of birth.
The RGD launched the initiative to capture information on thousands of unnamed children in the RGD's system.
Dr. Holness told RJR News that nearly 80% of them have now been formally named.
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