Babies on board as Tanzania marks world first with blockchain birth records

For the first time in history, blockchain technology has been used to record the birth of a baby in Tanzania on 13th July, and since then, registration of two more new borns has taken place.

The event was carried out by Irish charity organisation AID:Tech, which was founded by Joseph Thompson, its current CEO.

The AID:Tech project was initially funded to face controversies in the charity sector over a fair and transparent distribution of donations. The charity has worked jointly with Dutch PharmAccess to ensure resources for assistance to reach their intended destination.

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The three babies are the result of the Irish organisation and PharmAccess participating in a women’s aid project in Tanzania. Both organisations decided to use blockchain to track aid and support to vulnerable women in the East African country.

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AID:Tech and PharmAccess can send donations directly to pregnant women in Tanzania registered on a blockchain system through which they make sure they receive the necessary care.

The pregnant women receive a digital ID which informs all those who access the platform that they need vitamins. Doctors seeing the women use the blockchain system to record every detail from the first medical appointment to the birth of their babies. The system also allows for the mothers to receive all the proper post-natal care they require.