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Slideshare Website with Health Information PowerPoint Presentations
[ LinkedIn slideshare site]This web page provides slide presentations on health information systems.
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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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Health Information Systems
[Pacific Health Information Network ]This web page gives an overview of health information system components. -
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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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Identification as a National Priority: The Unique Case of Peru - Working Paper 454.
[Center for Global Development]This working paper presents Peru's efforts to make trusted and trustworthy identification from birth a national priority. The paper discusses the integration of civil registration, civil -
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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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Data Quality Management Model (Updated)
[Journal of AHIMA 83, no.7 (July 2012): 62-67.]This article discusses the elements and importance of health information systems for improved vital statistics.
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Current State of CRVS: An overview
[Centre of Excellence for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems]The brief provides an overview of some of the academic and grey literature over the period from 2012-2017 with a focus on impreovement and innovations in the area of CRVS. -
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Making the Invisible Visible: How Strong CRVS Systems Can Empower Women and Girls
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper is one of twelve in a knowledge brief series on gender and CRVS that aims to uncover gender bias and barriers, share case studies and emerging findings, and recommend priority areas and -
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The Costs and Benefits of CRVS as a Tool for Women’s Empowerment
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper is one of twelve in a knowledge brief series on gender and CRVS that aims to uncover gender bias and barriers, share case studies and emerging findings, and recommend priority areas and -
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The Dangers of Gender Bias in CRVS and Cause of Death Data: The Path to Health Inequality
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]This paper is one of twelve in a knowledge brief series on gender and CRVS that aims to uncover gender bias and barriers, share case studies and emerging findings, and recommend priority areas and -
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Vital registration and under-reporting of maternal mortality in Jamaica
[International Journal of Gynaecological Obstetrics]This peer reviewed article seeks to identify why vital registration under-reports maternal deaths in Jamaica. -
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Underreporting of deaths in the maternal deaths surveillance system in one region of Morocco
[Public library of medicine]Peer reviewed articles that assesses the reliability of maternal deaths surveillance system (MDSS) in order to determine the factors that influence its completeness in one region of Morocco. -
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Vital registration and under-reporting of maternal mortality in Jamaica
[ International Journal of Gynaecological Obstetrics]This is a peer reviewed article that seeks to identify why vital registration under-reports maternal deaths in Jamaica. -
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Underreporting of deaths in the maternal deaths surveillance system in one region of Morocco
[Public library of medicine]Peer reviewed articles that assesses the reliability of maternal deaths surveillance system (MDSS) in order to determine the factors that influence its completeness in one region of Morocco. -
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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.
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.