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Linking Civil Registration and ID Management in Botswana
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Botswana has successfully linked civil registration and ID management, and recognizes the importance of having registration officers in hospitals. Learn more from Neo Corneliah Lepang. -
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Lessons From Côte d’Ivoire for Strengthening CRVS Systems in Post-conflict Societies
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Discover the role of CRVS systems in building public trust in post-conflict societies. Irina Dincu, Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems, shares insights from Côte d’Ivoire. -
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Important Steps to Improve CRVS Systems
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Discover the steps to building high-functioning civil registration and vital statistics systems in this interview with World Bank expert, Samuel Mills. -
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How the Global Financing Facility Supports CRVS System Strengthening
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Learn how the Global Financing Facility supports efforts to strengthen civil registration and vital statistics systems from Maletela Tuoane-Nkhasi, Global Financing Facility Secretariat. -
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A Global Assessment of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Monitoring Data Quality and Progress
[The Lancet]This article discusses the application of a composite index to assess the performance of CRVS systems in 148 countries and territories during 1980-2012.
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Strengthening National CRVS Systems Using Public Health Campaigns
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Nadya Kassam, formerly with the United Nations Children’s Fund, describes how linking birth registration with immunization or nutrition campaigns can dramatically improve birth registration. -
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Child Protection Issue Brief: Community-based Child Protection Mechanisms
[United Nations Refugee Agency]This UNCHR brief outlines the responsibilities of parents and the community with regards to the protection of children. -
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Status Analysis on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS)
[Statistics Norway]This document presents an overview of CRVS experiences from Norway, Albania, Kazakhstan, and Mozambique.
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Birth Registration and the Impact on Educational Attainment
[Inter-American Development Bank]This article sheds light on the causal impact of the lack of birth registration on education, and on economic consequences. -
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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Investment Planning: Report of a Technical Consultation
[World Health Organization]This report presents country experiences and discusses strategies and governance challenges for scaling up investments in CRVS globally.
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From Shared Resources, Your Personal History
[New York Times]This article offers links to websites useful for establishing family trees and lineages. -
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Gender and Genetics
[World Health Organization, Genomic Resource Center]A scientific discussion on the complexities of gender assignment.
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Documenting Research with Transgender and Gender Diverse People: Protocol for an Evidence Map and Thematic Analysis
[National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health]Mapping and description of transgender research in the fields of social sciences, sciences, humanities, health, education, and business.
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Namibia Identity Management System Analysis (IMSA) Report
[World Bank Group]This report provides an in-depth analysis of the identity management environment in Namibia, including advances and improvements of the birth registration processes. -
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International Identity Management Conference Proceedings
[Inter-American Development Bank]This report outlines the discussions on all aspects of identity management, including CRVS. It also contains the Seoul Declaration on identity management.
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Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, NISTIR 7298 Revision 2
This document explains the importance of protecting the confidentiality of personally identifiable information (PII) in the context of information security.
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Navigating the Digitalization of National CRVS Systems
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Digital technologies offer unique opportunities and challenges for civil registration and vital statistics systems. Learn about both in this interview with Edward Duffus of Plan International. -
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Protecting Archives and Manuscripts Against Disasters
[National Archives, U.K.]A short article that provides recommendations for a disaster recovery plan for archives.
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Under the Radar and Under Protected
[Plan International and United Nations Refugee Agency]The 2012 report is focused on exploring the urgency of and opportunities for addressing childhood statelessness and offers a more general overview of global statelessness. -
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The World's Stateless Report 2017
[Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion]A free, downloadable report on the situation of the world's stateless children. -
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Socioeconomic Determinants of Birth Registration in Ghana
[BioMed Central International Health and Human Rights ]This article examines the chances of a child born in Ghana between 2001 and 2006 obtaining legal status of identity using data extracted from the 2006 Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. -
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Beyond Cultural Identity: Reflections on Multiculturalism
[Mediate.com]This article reflects on the concept of cultural identity. Originally published in Culture Learning, East-West Center Press, Richard Brislin, Editor, 1977, pp. 24-41, then republished Intercultural -
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Overcoming the Challenges Facing CRVS Systems
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]This interview with Carla AbouZahr explores common challenges facing CRVS systems: inherited legal frameworks, relying on people to register themselves, and lack of adequate resources. -
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How the Government of Uganda Strengthened its CRVS System
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Find out how one Ugandan hospital allows new parents to leave with their child’s birth certificate in-hand. Gopalan Balagopal explains why this is an effective way to increase birth registration -
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Proceedings from the 2018 CRVS Innovations Conference
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]Recordings of panel and plenary sessions from, "Harnessing the power: CRVS systems for 2030 global agendas," coorganized by the Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems, the United Nations Children's
Our Resource Library provides access to curated resources related to CRVS systems, including research, tools, publications, CRVS eLearning course, our Expert Talks video series, and a glossary of terms and definitions.
A CRVS system is one that connects relevant data from the civil registry and the health information system for the purpose of producing vital statistics. In order to function well, CRVS systems depend on common elements. These are featured under a unique section of our library. Examples include resources that focus on training, assessments and evaluations, identity management, data security and privacy, information and communications technology, and more.