Dhaka, July 8 -- Speakers on Wednesday urged the authorities to assign birth and death registration tasks to healthcare facilities as the government is committed to scaling up this rate to 100% by 2030.

They came up with the call at a journalists' workshop titled "Birth and Death Registration in Bangladesh: Progress, Challenges, and Way Forward," held at the BMA Bhaban in the capital.

The workshop was organised by PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) with support from the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI). A total of 30 journalists representing print, television, and online media participated in the event.

They said amending the 'Birth and Death Registration Act, 2004' to legally mandate hospital authorities with registration responsi...