Bibliographic information
GuidelineWHO recommendations on maternal health: guidelines approved by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee, second edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2025
Year of Publication2023
Issuing InstitutionWorld Health Organization
Recommendation
New
WHO recommends the use of digital birth notification under these conditions: in settings where the notifications provide individual-level data to the health system and/or a civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system, and the health system and/or CRVS system has the capacity to respond to the notifications.
Context specific recommendation
Only in specific contexts
Certainty of evidence
Low