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Portraying Excellence in CRVS : Fátima Baronet
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Fátima Baronet is the Acting Director of the National Directorate of Registries and Notaries within the Ministry of Justice and, Constitutional Affairs and Religions in Mozambique. This two-pager -
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Portraying Excellence in CRVS : Oliver Chinganya
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Oliver Chinganya is the Director of the Africa Centre for Statistics at the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Ethiopia. This two-pager shares his contributions to CRVS. This is part of a series -
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Portraying Excellence in CRVS: Emmy K Hudson
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Emmy K. Hudson is the Acting-Administrator General/ Chief Executive Officer at the Registration Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency in Tanzania. This two-pager shares her contributions to CRVS in the -
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Portraying Excellence in CRVS: Noël Luenda
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Noël Luenda is a Director at the Civil Registration and Population Office Ministry of the Interior in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This two-pager shares his contributions to CRVS in the -
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Portraying excellence in CRVS: Belly Lunanga
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Belly Lunanga is Director and Civil Registration Focal Point in the Office of Population Identification Ministry of the Interior, Security, Decentralization and Customary Affairs in the Democratic -
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Portraying Excellence in CRVS : Janet Mucheru
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Janet Mucheru is Registrar-general of the Civil Registration Services and Deputy Director-General of Information System Management National Statistics and Information Authority in Kenya. This two -
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Portraying leadership in CRVS : Josephine Mukesha
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Josephine Mukesha is the Director General of the National Identification Agency in Rwanda. This two-pager shares her contributions to CRVS in the country. This is part of a series that highlights the -
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Portraying Excellence in CRVS : Tulimeke Munyika
[Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems]Tulimeke Munyika is the Director of the National Population Register, Identification and Production in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security in Namibia. This two-pager shares -
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The Health System Assessment Approach: A How-To Manual
[United States Agency for International Development]The HSSA is a comprehensive tool to diagnose the performance of health systems and to capture system-wide information to better inform health sector planning. -
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ICD-10, Instruction Manual, Part 9
[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics]This is a detailed and comprehensive instruction manual for tabulation of mortality statistics.
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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.
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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems, Developing Information, Education and Communication
[United Nations Statistics Division]This handbook offers guidance on how to design and carry out information, education, and communication activities to improve programs for civil registration and vital statistics agencies.
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Guidelines and Template for Developing a Vital Statistics Report
[Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)]This document is a guidance tool for producing vital statistics reports from civil registration systems. It is intended especially for countries that have little or no prior experience with preparing
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.