SNS Sets 100% Target for Online Live-Birth Registration by 2026

The Dominican Health Service wants no newborn to go unregistered before the end of the year.

The Dominican Health Service (SNS) held its first National Meeting to Strengthen Online Registration of the Live-Birth Certificate, led by executive director Dr. Julio César Landrón and national Maternal and Child director Dr. Freddy Manuel Novas Cuevas. Regional health directors and the Maternal-Child Directorate team took part.

Landrón said the year should close with 100% coverage of online registration. To get there, he asked each regional director and hospital team to commit so that no birth goes unregistered. Novas Cuevas said each hospital must identify early the difficulties that delay registration and work to solve them.

Dr. Tadeo Valois, the SNS's Maternal-Child Registration coordinator, reported that coverage reached 96% in 2025 and held at that level from January to September 2026, with underreporting at 4%. According to the data presented, coverage was 85% in 2021, rose to 88% in 2022, and reached 93% in 2023 and 2024.

The meeting also presented results on birth registration at civil registry offices located in hospitals, a process separate from online registration. A 2025 study in 30 priority hospitals found that 92 of every 100 newborns were registered before leaving the hospital, with underreporting at 8%. The data were presented on June 18, 2026, at the Las Cariátides Hall of the National Palace, at an event led by First Lady Raquel Arbaje.

For comparison, a 2013 study using 2012 data from 12 priority hospitals found that only 41 of every 100 live births were registered before leaving those centers. The 2025 sample was two and a half times larger.