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Innovative Tools and OpenHDS for Health and Demographic Surveillance on Rusinga Island, Kenya
[BioMed Central Research Notes]This article describes the testing of health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSS) in a community in Kenya. -
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UNICEF Good Practices in Integrating Birth Registration into Health Systems (2000-2009)
[United Nations Children's Fund]This working paper discusses case studies from Bangladesh, Brazil, Gambia, and India. -
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Medical Certification of Cause of Death
[Medical Journal, Armed Forces India ]This article provides compelling justification for the importance of accurate reporting of causes of death. -
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Improving Public Health Information: A Data Quality Intervention in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
[World Health Organization]This article assesses the results of the effort to improve health information in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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What Can We Conclude from Death Registration? Improved Methods for Evaluating Completeness
[PLOS Medicine]This article discusses the evaluation of 234 variants of death distribution methods in three different validation environments, and demonstrates the application of optimal variants.
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Better Health Intelligence: A New Era for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics?
[BMC Medicine]That reliable, timely, and relevant information can play an important role in improving the health of populations is unequivocal. Good, or better, health outcomes are greatly influenced by informed -
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Use of Community Health Data for Shared Accountability
[United States Agency for International Development and Measure Evaluation]A guidance document, brief, and PowerPoint presentation for use by country ministries of health (MOHs), local government, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), civil society, and community leaders to -
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Digital Health Vision: Could MomConnect Provide a Pragmatic Starting Point for Achieving Universal Health Coverage in South Africa and Elsewhere?
[BMJ Global Health]In South Africa MomConnect has achieved unprecedented coverage of pregnant women through registering over 1.5 million pregnant women, which over 3 years accounts for approximately 60% of this target -
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Framework and strategy for integrated monitoring and evaluation of child health programmes for responsive programming, accountability, and impact
[The BMJ]The article discusses the challenges created by the fragmentation of the current monitoring and evaluation systems and suggest solutions. The authors used data mainly from the Integrated Management of -
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Improving public health and health systems through evidence informed policy in the Americas
[The BMJ]This article identifies challenges and limitations that hinder efforts to link research to policy action at the country level. These challenges can be grouped into three main areas: the sociopolitical -
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Digitalising Nepal’s health sector. A country’s journey towards an interoperable digital health ecosystem
[Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)]This case study provides analysis of key learning for the introduction of digital tools toward an interoperable health ecosystem. -
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Thriving beyond survival:Understanding utilization of perinatal health services as predictors of birth registration: A cross-sectional study
[BMC International Health and Human rights]This article is the result of researching ways to best leverage existing health system-related resources and ensure greater protective measures for unregistered and vulnerable children. The study -
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Korean Resident Registration System for Universal Health Coverage
[World Bank Group]This paper is a comprehensive case study on how the Korean civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system facilitates achievement of universal health coverage (UHC) in the Republic of Korea -
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Use of Unique Health Identifiers in Universal Health Coverage Programs for Health Insurance Schemes
[World Bank Group]This paper provides an overview of use of unique identity numbers in the health sector. -
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Gabon Civil Registration and Vital Statistics and Unique Identification Number Systems for Universal Health Coverage: A Case Study
[World Bank Group]This working paper discusses the benefits and challenges of assigning a UIN at birth to allow linkage of CRVS, different health service schemes and identification systems, to facilitate coordination -
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Slovenian Civil Registration and Unique Identification Number System for Universal Health Coverage: A Case Study
[World Bank Group]This working paper discusses the Slovenian system of universal health protection system based on social health insurance, which in turn is linked to the use of a unique identification number and the -
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Associations between birth registration and early child growth and development: Evidence from 31 low- and middle-income countries
[BMC Public health]This article investigates the association between not having a birth certificate and young children’s physical growth and developmental outcomes in low- and middle income countries by using data from -
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Does birth under-registration reduce childhood immunization? Evidence from the Dominican Republic
[Health Economics Review]This paper to sheds light on the effect of birth under-registration on health access. Childhood immunizations, a key component of health care services, are intended to be administered to all children
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.