eRegistries: Electronic registries for maternal and child health

Table 1 Unique identity systems’ administrative oversight and acquisition

Agency in charge	Frequency	Percent^a
Ministry of Health	7	14 % (6–26)
All other Ministry offices	41	80 % (67–90)
National office/agencies	34	67 % (52–79)
Local level offices/agencies	13	25 % (14–40)
Acquisition
Application required at birth	27	53 % (38–67)
Automatically issued at birth	11	22 % (11–35)
Application required as an adult^b	30	59 % (44–72)
Automatically issued as an adult^b	6	12 % (4–24)
Other	8	16 % (7–29)

^aPercent column does not add up to 100 % as the question asked respondents to check all that apply
^bAdult was considered 16 years or older. 95 % confidence intervals in parentheses

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