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Status of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in South Asia Countries 2018
[United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund]This report provides an overview and analysis of the status of the policies, systems and procedures in place for the registration of birth, death and marriage in South Asia. The report covers the -
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Incentives for Improving Birth Registration Coverage: A Review of the Literature
[World Bank Group]This paper describes a framework of supply and demand factors that could affect birth registration coverage rates, particularly in the context of social transfers. Within this framework, a review of -
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Achieving Universal to ID:Access Gender-based Legal Barriers Against Women and Good Practice Reforms
[World Bank Group]For women and girls, legal identity is a stepping stone to empowerment, agency, and freedom of movement. This study explores how gender-based legal differences and nationality laws limit women’s -
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Legal Identity of All Women and Children in ASEAN: A Regional Synthesis
[Association of SouthEast Asian Nations]Undocumented women and children are often vulnerable to being behind. ASEAN Member States (AMS) are making significant progress in promoting the inclusion of vulnerable groups for the attainment and -
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APAI-CRVS Assessment Guidelines and Tools
[Africa Programme for Accelerated Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics]The tool and guidelines have been prepared both in English and in French to assist countries in undertaking an assessment of their civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems.
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Training Course on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems: Instructor's Manual
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]This course provides information to epidemiologists, statisticians, demographers, and other public health workers about vital statistics data gathered from a national civil registration system.
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Training Course on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems: Participant's Notes
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]This course provides information to epidemiologists, statisticians, demographers, and other public health workers about vital statistics data gathered from a national civil registration system.
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Rapid Assessment of National Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems
[World Health Organization]This tool helps to quickly evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a current CRVS system before undertaking a detailed CRVS review.
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.