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Why CRVS systems are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]CRVS systems are essential for monitoring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which seek to eliminate poverty and improve lives everywhere. The data generated by a well -
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How civil registration can protect and empower women and girls
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Civil registration is the recording of important events in an individual’s life—including birth, death, marriage, and divorce. Everyone benefits from an effective civil registration system. It helps -
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Refugees are more vulnerable without civil registration and ID. How can we help?
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Civil registration and identity documentation (ID) can lower the barriers and risks that refugees face. Birth registration provides proof of a child’s name, place of birth and identity of parents -
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Counting on Each Other: How can we fight the spread of COVID-19 when half of deaths worldwide go unrecorded?
[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]The article is part of a series in which OECD experts and thought leaders address the COVID-19 crisis, discussing and developing solutions now and for the future. It aims to foster the fruitful -
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When there are no records of women and girls: the ripple effect
[International Development Research Centre]The quality of a country’s vital statistics has a bearing on women and girls, who are more vulnerable to poverty, early marriage, and exploitation. Without an effective civil registration and vital -
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How death registration supports the rights of women and girls
[International Development Research Centre]To save the lives of women and girls, we need to register — and count — every death, regardless of geography, race, nationality, wealth, or social status. Just like birth and marriage registration -
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Marriage and divorce certificates: Tools for women’s empowerment
[International Development Research Centre]Statistics about vital life events such as births, deaths, marriages, and divorces reside in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems. When they function well, these systems are -
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Birth registration is the basis for advancing gender equality and children’s rights
[International Development Research Centre]Many people take their birth certificate for granted. It is an unremarkable bureaucratic certainty in many lives, tucked away in a drawer or filing cabinet until it’s needed to obtain a driver’s -
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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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Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Volume 29, No. 1
[United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific]This journal contains four articles relating to the need to improve civil registration and vital statistics in the Asia-Pacific region. -
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Social Identities, Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture
[Taylor & Francis Online]This journal seeks to provide an interdisciplinary and international platform for theorizing issues at the interface of social identities.
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Journal of Cybersecurity
[Oxford Academic]This journal publishes accessible articles describing original research in the inherently interdisciplinary world of computer, systems, and information security.
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CRVS eLearning
[World Bank Group]This eLearning course is a comprehensive self-learning tool.
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Verbal Autopsy Standards: Ascertaining and Attributing Causes of Death
[World Health Organization]The 2016 version of the WHO verbal autopsy instrument is designed for all age groups, including maternal and perinatal deaths, and also deaths caused by injuries.
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ICD-10 Interactive Self-Learning Tool
[World Health Organization]The WHO electronic modular ICD-training tool is designed for self-learning. It can also be used for classroom training.
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The Steady Convergence of Physical and Digital Identity
[GNC Magazine]An opinion piece on the advancement and ubiquitousness of digital technologies for identification purposes.
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.