E-birth certificate, death registration in UAE: ministry urges public to use e-system

June 20, 2024

By Expat Media

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E-birth certificate, death registration in UAE: ministry urges public to use e-system

DUBAI – Birth and death certificates in the UAE can be issued through the e-services registration system of the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP). The service comes as the ministry seeks to establish a national registry for births and deaths in the UAE as part of efforts to ease and speed up procedures to facilitate customers. According to the UAE health ministry, the public can request for the issuance of birth and death certificates or certified true copies of these documents. The service includes providing electronic reports for births and deaths in government and private hospitals, submitting requests for issue, reissue, and replacement of lost birth and death certificates by individuals. It also features the issuance of an electronic copy of the birth or death certificate, said Dr. Nada H. A. Obaid Al Marzooqi, Director of the Public Health and Prevention Department at MoHAP. She said that the system provides electronic connectivity with the Emirates Identity Authority to update the population register data for birth and death cases, with the possibility of the electronic payment of fees. The health ministry also provides the “Mabrouk Ma Yak” package for newborn Emiratis, which aims to issue all documents for newborns in just one visit rather than the previous seven. A newborn birth certificate, an Emirates Identity card, and a passport are all included with the bundle. The names of these newborns will also be registered in the family book and population register. "Providing electronic services to register births and deaths works in tandem with the ministry's plans for an electronic and smart transformation, as well as the activation of linkages with the competent authorities,” said Hussain Abdul Rahman Al Rand, Assistant Undersecretary for MoHAP. “Such electronic systems offer the statistical reports required for decision-makers to follow up and monitor data on births and deaths, on which future plans and indicators for the development of the healthcare sector are based, in addition to providing precise statistics on the causes of deaths, according to the World Health Organization Standards," Al Rand added.

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