Liberia Working To Register Children Born At Home During Ebola Outbreak

VOA News: Ebola Resulted in Thousands of Unregistered Births in Liberia
“…Health officials said that because many pregnant women chose to have their babies at home [during the Ebola outbreak], tens of thousands of children today have not been officially registered. … Liberian Health Minister Bernice Dahn said the government has been moving to update registrations, including a backlog from before the Ebola outbreak…” (Eagle, 9/15).

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