ICivil

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iCivil is a CRVS (civil registration and vital statistics) system used in Burkina Faso since August 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://www.fairplanet.org/story/the-bracelet-that-registers-230-million-ghost-children/?platform=hootsuite|title=The bracelet that registers 230 million 'ghost' children |last=Koigi|first=Bob|date=2017-05-24|work=Fairplanet|access-date=2018-07-09|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.biometricupdate.com/201608/icivil-promises-much-needed-birth-registration-in-africa|title=iCivil promises much needed birth registration in Africa|date=2016-08-09|work=BiometricUpdate|access-date=2018-07-09|language=en-US}} It sequentially allows the declaration, recording, and addition of civil status certificates (birth, marriage, divorce) in a central place. It is not needed to travel far to register a birth or to obtain an extract of a birth certificate later.{{cite web|url=http://icivil.bf/presentation_en.php|title=What is iCivil ?|access-date=2018-07-14}}

The system uses wristbands with bubble tags to protect the unique ID number given at birth and an encrypted SMS to send information to civil status where records are kept.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

According to UNICEF, there are almost 230 million children younger than five years old not registered, who are known as ghost children. Resolving the problem of ghost children is a challenge in Africa.{{cite web|url=http://lcp.fr/collection/les-enfants-fantomes-un-defi-pour-lafrique/289225|title=Les enfants fantômes, un défi pour l'Afrique|website=LCP Assemblée nationale|access-date=2018-07-09|archive-date=2018-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709185452/http://lcp.fr/collection/les-enfants-fantomes-un-defi-pour-lafrique/289225|url-status=dead}}