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How can we accelerate progress on civil registration and vital statistics?
[World Health Organization]Editorial annoucing an upcoming series of papers in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization that aims to draw the attention to the potential contributions of the health sector to improve civil -
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Demand-Side Factors Related to the Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths: A Literature Review
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper seeks to stimulate an evidence-based dialogue on demand-side barriers to the registration of births, marriages, and deaths. Global evidence is presented to summarize the many challenges to -
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Building Resilient CRVS Systems: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Other Emergencies
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper examines the role of CRVS systems before, during, and after an emergency. It uses examples from the current COVID-19 crisis and previous emergencies, combined with lessons learned from CRVS -
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Where There Is No CRVS: Counting and Registering Deaths in Conflict, Emergencies, and Fragile Settings
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper examines the crucial role of CRVS systems during crises associated with conflict, migration, disasters, and health emergencies. It focuses in particular on counting and registering deaths -
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Strategies for Dealing with the Challenges of COVID-19 to Ecuador’s Civil Registration System
[Centre d'Excellence sur les systèmes ESEC]This paper presents the emerging response of Ecuador’s CRVS system to the pandemic. It highlights the main strategies that were put in place to guarantee that operations would function so people could -
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The Role of CRVS in Estimating COVID-19-related Excess Deaths in South Korea
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]To inform the response to the pandemic, this paper analyses COVID-19 excess deaths in South Korea. It suggests that calculating excess deaths can be useful for estimating the mortality level by -
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Documenting Life and Death: Women’s Experiences During Conflict in Syria and Iraq
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper focuses on the experiences of women in two countries ravaged by protracted conflict in recent times: Iraq and Syria. It examines the pressures they face as they try to register life events -
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Mitigating the Impact of Natural Disasters on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: The Case of Vanuatu
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper draws on Vanuatu’s experiences with natural disasters to discuss the importance of CRVS systems and the challenges faced when these systems are implemented during disasters and emergencies -
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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Civil Registration of Births and Deaths and on Availability and Utility of Vital Events Data
[American Journal of Public Health]The complex and evolving picture of COVID-19–related mortality highlights the need for data to guide the response. Yet many countries are struggling to maintain their data systems, including the civil -
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CRVS Systems in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic A literature review
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This literature review describes the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on civil registration systems around the world. The paper identifies challenges and opportunities for CRVS systems as well as the -
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Closing the Evidence Gap in the Economic and Social Benefits of CRVS Systems: A Systematic Review
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper compiles empirical evidence on the benefits of a functioning CRVS system for individuals, communities and societies. -
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Portraying Excellence in CRVS : Fátima Baronet
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Fátima Baronet is the Acting Director of the National Directorate of Registries and Notaries within the Ministry of Justice and, Constitutional Affairs and Religions in Mozambique. This two-pager -
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Portraying Excellence in CRVS : Oliver Chinganya
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Oliver Chinganya is the Director of the Africa Centre for Statistics at the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Ethiopia. This two-pager shares his contributions to CRVS. This is part of a series -
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Portraying Excellence in CRVS: Emmy K Hudson
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Emmy K. Hudson is the Acting-Administrator General/ Chief Executive Officer at the Registration Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency in Tanzania. This two-pager shares her contributions to CRVS in the -
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Portraying Excellence in CRVS: Noël Luenda
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Noël Luenda is a Director at the Civil Registration and Population Office Ministry of the Interior in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This two-pager shares his contributions to CRVS in the -
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Portraying excellence in CRVS: Belly Lunanga
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Belly Lunanga is Director and Civil Registration Focal Point in the Office of Population Identification Ministry of the Interior, Security, Decentralization and Customary Affairs in the Democratic -
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Portraying Excellence in CRVS : Janet Mucheru
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Janet Mucheru is Registrar-general of the Civil Registration Services and Deputy Director-General of Information System Management National Statistics and Information Authority in Kenya. This two -
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Portraying leadership in CRVS : Josephine Mukesha
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Josephine Mukesha is the Director General of the National Identification Agency in Rwanda. This two-pager shares her contributions to CRVS in the country. This is part of a series that highlights the -
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Portraying Excellence in CRVS : Tulimeke Munyika
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Tulimeke Munyika is the Director of the National Population Register, Identification and Production in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security in Namibia. This two-pager shares -
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CRVS Communication in Emergency, Conflict Affected, and Fragile Settings
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]In situations of emergency, conflict, or fragility, barriers to timely civil registration of vital events are exacerbated. This paper describes how rapid, correct, and trusted communication about -
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The role of systems in capturing vital events data for civil registration and health surveillance amid the COVID-19 pandemic: iCivil – Burkina Faso’s civil registration system
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Burkina Faso introduced a new system for birth registration in 2018, which became fully operational in 2020. This article documents the role of systems in capturing data for civil registration and -
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Recording every birth and death during COVID-19 : digital solutions for civil registration service delivery and health surveillance in Africa
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This synthesis brief looks at the value and advantages of relatively new digital platforms for notifying vital events in Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. It documents -
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Role of systems in capturing vital data for civil registration, identification, and health surveillance amid the COVID-19 pandemic : a good practice example from Rwanda
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This technical brief documents innovative trends and innovative technologies used in Rwanda to capture data for civil registration, identity and health surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.