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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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Endline Assessment: Improving Birth Registration Using the Existing Community Structures and Immunization Processes
[World Bank Group]This report summarizes key findings from the endline assessment of a pilot project in Ethiopia. The project was undertaken in Yilmana Densa and Goji Qolela woredas (districts); Hintalo Wajirat and -
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Options for Digital Birth Certificates
[World Bank Group]This paper discusses options for for the issuance of more secure birth certificates through the adoption of technology. The certificates are the cornerstone for establishing legal identity around the -
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Achieving Health Outcomes in Colombia: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System, Unique Personal Identification Number, and Unified Beneficiary Registry System for Births and Deaths
[World Bank Group]This case study on Colombia describes how the civil registration and national identification system and the health information system have facilitated progress toward universal health coverage. This -
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Birth registration and access to health care: an assessment of Ghana’s campaign success
[Bulletin of the World Health Organization]Incorporation of birth registration into community health care, health campaigns and mobile registration activities can reduce the indirect costs of birth registration, especially in poorer -
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What if you didn’t have a birth certificate?
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]CRVS systems give people proof of their legal identity, age, and social relationships and enable access to essential public services including healthcare, education and social protection. -
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Improving birth registration in Tanzania: The initiative that registered 220,000 children in four weeks
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Tanzania’s Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA) launched an initiative in partnership with UNICEF and the telecommunications company Tigo to lower some of the barriers to birth -
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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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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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How can we accelerate progress on civil registration and vital statistics?
[World Health Organization]Editorial annoucing an upcoming series of papers in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization that aims to draw the attention to the potential contributions of the health sector to improve civil -
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National Vital Statistics Reports, Volume 59, Number 10, Deaths: Final Data for 2008
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]This report presents final 2008 data on U.S. deaths, death rates, life expectancy, infant mortality, and trends by characteristics such as age, sex, race, state of residence, and cause of death.
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Improving Mortality Statistics in Africa: Technical Strategy 2015–2020
[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa]This web page gives access to information on the technical strategy for improving mortality statistics in Africa.
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A Short-cut Method for Estimating Death Registration Completeness in Destabilized Populations
[Mathematical Population Studies]This article proposes a simple method for evaluating death registration completeness during intercensal periods. Applications are made to data from South Korea and Argentina.
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Counting the Dead and What They Died From: An Assessment of the Global Status of Cause of Death Data
[World Health Organization ]This article assesses the current status of global data on death registration and examines several indicators of data completeness and quality.
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.