The Liberian government is on a drive to register more than 70,000 children born at the height of the Ebola epidemic.<br /><br /> 70,000 Liberian births unrecorded in Ebola crisis — UNICEF http://t.co/KZxH3y9lCv pic.twitter.com/g2cDKQGbRw— totallymanila (@totallymanila) July 31, 2015<br /> <br /><br /> Those not registered are vulnerable to marginalisation and exclusion.<br /><br /> Nearly 230 mn children don't have their births registered - a problem facing children #Liberia esp since #Ebola. http://t.co/RE99k8sRMv— UNICEF Liberia (@UNICEF_Liberia) August 3, 2015<br /> <br /><br /> Many medical centres closed or offered reduced services in response to the Ebola threat and registrations fell as a result. <br /><br /> Veronica Dixon is a soon to be mother in Bong county: “It is important because when you have a child you need lots of things for them. Maybe you will request something and they will ask you ‘when was the child born?’ If you don’t know you could have a hard time. Some say you won’t get hospital treatment for your child if it is no
