Liberia's government, still recovering from a 14-year civil war and previous decades of poverty and illiteracy, said Friday it will now require all children to get birth certificates, a document ...

Rose Stryker, that it has come to her attention that existing lapses in the issuance of birth certificates and death certificates are enhancing the incidence of human trafficking in Liberia.

Recent report from the 2007 Demographic and Health Survey has revealed that only 4% of children in Liberia have birth certificates, while birth registration is recognized as a fundamental right by ...

LONDON, July 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - West Africa's Ebola epidemic has disrupted birth registrations in Liberia, leaving hundreds of thousands of children without citizenship and in ...

Another major cause of death occurs when a baby is too big for the birth canal and the only recourse is a Caesarian section, which in Liberia can only be practiced in one of the country's few ...

West Africa's Ebola epidemic has disrupted birth registrations in Liberia, leaving hundreds of thousands of children without citizenship and in danger of being trafficked or illegally adopted ...