Finding Nuhu: Community Sourcing of Birth Information Using Mobile Technology

Obtaining birth data is challenging even in peacetime Nigeria, so aid workers use census estimates to guide vaccinations. In the penumbra of conflict in Nigeria's northeast, massive demographic disruption renders such estimates inaccurate and unusable at local level, making it difficult to target newborns for vaccination or to measure the performance of vaccination programs. Community-sourced birth reports can provide reliable birth data in settings with large, internally displaced populations.