Federal Republic of Nigeria · Official Government Programme National Population Commission · Supported by UNICEF
National Population Commission Community Birth Alert System (CBAS) National Population Commission · Federal Republic of Nigeria Coat of Arms of Nigeria

How the System Works

From a birth in any community to a name in the national record, in four steps.

1

A birth is witnessed

A trained Community Birth Notifier opens the CBAS app and records the essential details — mother, location, health status. It works without network and takes under three minutes.

2

The alert reaches the system

The moment the phone finds a signal, the alert syncs to the CBAS dashboard, where registration officers receive and verify it.

3

Services find the child

Health workers and registrars know a newborn exists and where to find the family — for immunization, follow-up care and registration.

4

The child gets an identity

The birth is registered and the child enters the national record — the first legal step of a lifetime.

Who the Programme Serves

Families

A birth certificate opens school enrolment, healthcare and legal protection. CBAS makes sure your child's birth is seen, even far from a registration centre.

Why registration matters

Community Birth Notifiers

Notifiers are the eyes of the system. The app is built for the field: it works offline, syncs itself, and updates itself — no technician needed.

Get the app

Government & Partners

A live, verifiable picture of births as they happen — routed to the right officer by location, with a full audit trail from alert to registration.

Work with the programme

Key Features

Offline-first mobile app

Alerts are recorded without network and sync automatically when a signal returns. No data is lost between communities and towers.

Location-tagged alerts

Every alert carries its coordinates, so the system routes it to the appropriate registration officer automatically.

Health indicators

Notifiers capture delivery details and the mother's condition, flagging births that need medical follow-up first.

Status reporting

Notifiers see each alert move from pending to verified to registered — and receive a phone notification when it does.

Serve Your Community

The CBAS app is available for Android. From version 2.2.7 it keeps itself up to date.

Implemented in partnership with Federal Government of Nigeria National Population Commission UNICEF