Paper-based forms in use for collecting newborn related data; partly usable as legend for figures 2–4
| Type | Description |
| Notification forms | B1—Birth notification |
| D1—Death notification | |
| Health record booklet | MoH 216—Mother and Child Booklet—remains with mother and/or child |
| Index card | MoH 268—Inpatient Diagnostic Disease Index—rarely in use |
| Registers* | MoH 301—Inpatient Register—general inpatient register, improvised for use in NBU |
| MoH 333—Maternity Register | |
| MoH 373—Inpatient Neonatal Register—pilot | |
| MoH 406—Post Natal Care Register | |
| MoH 510—Immunisation Permanent Register | |
| MoH 511—Child Welfare Clinic Register | |
| Tally sheets | MoH 702—Immunisation Tally Sheet |
| MoH 704—Child Health and Nutrition Information System (CHANIS) Tally Sheet for Child Health Welfare Clinics | |
| Summary forms | MoH 373—Inpatient Neonatal Summary Form—pilot |
| MoH 504—Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)—monthly report | |
| MoH 505—Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)—weekly report | |
| MoH 710—Immunisation Services Uptake Summary | |
| MoH 711 A and B—Integrated Reproductive and Child Health Summary | |
| MoH 717—Monthly Workload Report for Health Facilities | |
| MoH 718—Inpatient Morbidity and Mortality Summary | |
| Other hospital forms | Facility/ward internal transfer form |
| Daily bed return (DBR) form | |
| Improvised forms or records | Newborn Unit (NBU) Admissions Record |
| NBU Discharge/Exit Form | |
| Mortality and Cause of Death Register | |
| Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) Register—sometimes provided by NGOs | |
| Abandoned Babies Register |
*All registers contain individual data, but none of this individual data is entered into DHIS2 at present except as summary (aggregate), see figures 3 and 4.