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The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005) and the Accra Agenda for Action (2008)
[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]The Paris Declaration (2005) is a practical, action-oriented roadmap to improve the quality of aid and its impact on development. The Accra Agenda for Action (2008) takes stock of progress and sets -
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Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
[United Nations Statistics Division]This publication lays out the principles to ensure that official statistics can respond to changes in the political, economic, social, and technological environments for a statistical agency.
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Principles Governing International Statistical Activities
[United Nations Statistics Division]This web page lists the principles and good practices endorsed by the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities. -
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Age Adjustment Using the 2000 Projected U.S. Population
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]This statistical note describes several sets of age-adjustment weights based on the year 2000 projected U.S. population. -
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Indicator Metadata Registry: WHO Mortality Database
[World Health Organization]This web page provide access to the WHO mortality database.
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Coverage of Birth and Death Registration
[United Nations Statistics Division]This web page provides the results of the UNSD's global monitoring of civil registration and vital statistics.
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Issues in the Use of Administrative Records for Statistical Purposes
[Statistics Canada]The article discusses obstacles to greater use of administrative records, as well as concern regarding information protection and record linkage.
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Interim Measures for Meeting Needs for Health Sector Data: Births, Deaths, and Causes of Death
[The Lancet]This article discusses improvements in measuring vital statistics. It also points to the urgent need to meet challenges for accurate vital statistics.
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The Way Forward
[The Lancet]This article discusses the need to improve vital statistics in low-income and lower-income countries. It also provides recommendations for improving civil registration with the aim of enhancing vital
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Analysing Mortality Levels and Causes-of-death (ANACoD)
[World Health Organization]This web page has a downloadable tool for users to follow a step-by-step approach to quickly conduct a comprehensive analysis of data on mortality levels and causes of death.
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The Editing of Statistical Data: Methods and Techniques for the Efficient Detection and Correction of Errors and Missing Values
[Statistics Netherlands]This article gives a brief overview of data editing methodology. The article is behind a paywall for non-members.
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Improving Mortality Statistics in Africa: Technical Strategy 2015–2020
[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa]This web page gives access to information on the technical strategy for improving mortality statistics in Africa.
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A Short-cut Method for Estimating Death Registration Completeness in Destabilized Populations
[Mathematical Population Studies]This article proposes a simple method for evaluating death registration completeness during intercensal periods. Applications are made to data from South Korea and Argentina.
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Estimation of Daily Risk of Neonatal Death, Including the Day of Birth, in 186 Countries in 2013: A Vital-registration and Modelling-based Study
[The Lancet]This article presents the modelling of daily neonatal mortality risk. It estimated the proportion of deaths on the day of birth and in week 1 for 186 countries in 2013. -
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Verbal Autopsy Standards: Ascertaining and Attributing Causes of Death
[World Health Organization]This web page provides access to the full verbal autopsy instrument and manual.
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The Web's Free 2017/18 ICD-10-CM/PCS Medical Coding Reference
[World Health Organization]ICD10Data.com is a free reference website designed for the fast lookup of all current American ICD-10-CM (diagnosis) and ICD-10-PCS (procedure) medical billing codes. -
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ICD-10 Interactive Self-Learning Tool
[World Health Organization]This web page offers access to the WHO Electronic ICD-10-training tool, which is designed for self-learning and classroom use.
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Age Standardization of Rates: A New WHO Standard
[World Health Organization]This is a discussion paper on the need for a new world standard population in light of changing mortality rates. -
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Assessment of the completeness of births and deaths registration in an urban Nigerian community
[Étude de la population Africaine / African Population Studies ]This paper assessed the completeness of births and deaths registration in Mokola, a semi-urban community in Oyo state, Nigeria. The cross-sectional study with a two-stage cluster sampling was designed -
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An Inflection Point for Country Health Data
[The Lancet Global Health]This article discusses how accurate and timely data provide the foundation on which countries base better health, well-being, and prosperity in a modern, highly interconnected, and global economy -
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Characteristics, availability and uses of vital registration and other mortality data sources in post-democracy South Africa
[Global Health Action]This article documents mortality data sources that complement those from civil registration in post-democracy South Africa; to report on availability, limitations, strengths, and possible -
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South Africa’s vital statistics are currently not suitable for monitoring progress towards injury and violence Sustainable Development Goals
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Are inequities decreasing? Birth registration for children under five in low-income and middle-income countries, 1999–2016
[BMJ Journals]Although global birth registration coverage has improved from 58% to 71% among children under five globally, inequities in birth registration coverage by wealth, urban/rural location, maternal
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.
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