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Monitoring the Building Blocks of Health Systems: A Handbook of Indicators and their Measurement Strategies
[World Health Organization]This book is structured around the WHO framework that describes health systems in terms of six core components or “building blocks." -
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Handbook on Civil Vital Registration and Statistics Systems Management, Operation and Maintenance
[United Nations Statistics Division]This handbook provides guidance to countries to improve their civil registration and vital statistics systems.
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Handbook on European Data Protection Law - 2018 edition
[European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights]The handbook provides an overview of the EU’s and the Council of European (CoE) instruments' applicable legal frameworks. It also explains key case law, summarising major rulings of both the Court of -
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The 2018 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals: an all-new visual guide to data and development
[World Bank Group]This blog provides links to the Atlas of SDGs which explores new data from scientists and researchers where standards for measuring SDG targets are still being developed. -
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Four ways CRVS systems can support the UN Sustainable Development Goals
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]A civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system records important life events, such as birth, death, marriage, and divorce. It connects this data with health information to produce vital -
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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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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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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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