Plan marks 75th Anniversary with “Count Every Child” campaign

InterAction member Plan International marks its 75th anniversary with a worldwide call to action to support birth registration for newborns.

Plan’s global campaign, Count Every Child, highlights the challenges facing governments seeking to register children, particularly in developing nations.  Children who do not have birth certificates are often denied access to medical care and school. Plan estimates that 51 million children are not registered at birth.

"It is a matter of concern that millions of children around the world are going unregistered. Birth registration is inherently liked to a number of other rights and freedoms. If you are invisible, you are certainly more vulnerable,” said Nigel Chapman, CEO of Plan International.

Read more about the Count Every Child campaign on AlertNet.