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Civil Registry and Identification
[Inter-American Development Bank]This web page contains information on an IADB-financed project in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as links to publications, CRVS information by country, articles, and publications.
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Birth Registration Tracking
[United Nations Children's Fund]This web page provides the current status and progress of birth registration globally.
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Input to OHCHR Report on Birth Registration and the Right of Everyone to Recognition Everywhere as a Person Before the Law, Contributions Received
[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ]This web page contains inputs from 35 countries to a OHCHR report on birth registration.
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Gender Discrimination, Racial Discrimination and Women's Human Rights
[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ]This web page calls attention to the negative impacts of discrimination against women and girls in the context of racism and racial discrimination.
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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Knowledge Base
[United Nations Statistics Division]This web page offers access to a number of articles on civil registration and vital statistics, as well as articles that discuss country-specific CRVS issues.
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Records Management
[Wikipedia]This website provides an overview of the different aspects of records management.
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Records Managers
[National Archives, USA]This website provides an overview and a training tool for individuals who have records management responsibilities. -
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Records Management
[Smithsonian Institution Archives]This website provides a comprehensive overview of records management and how records are preserved and curated.
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A Glossary of Security Features for Printed Documents
[U.S. Government Printing Office, Security and Intelligent Documents Business Unit]A technical glossary that provides detailed explanations of terms pertaining to security features of printed documents. -
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Online Glossary of Statistical Terms
[International Statistical Institute]An online glossary of statistical terms and concepts.
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Glossary of Key Information Security Terms
[National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce]This glossary provides a central resource of terms and definitions most commonly used in National Institute of Standard and Technology information security publications.
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OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms
[Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development]Comprehensible glossary of terms and terminology related to statistics. -
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
[European Union]The official website that explains the elements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that is meant to give people more control over their personal data, and level the field for how -
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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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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems in low- and middle-income countries
[Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition]This supplement covers various aspects of how to strengthen civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems in low- and middle-income countries. Eight peer-reviewed manuscripts included in this -
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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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From Shared Resources, Your Personal History
[New York Times]This article offers links to websites useful for establishing family trees and lineages.
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.