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Bangladesh

The CRVS system in Bangladesh is the shared functional responsibility of four agencies: the Office of the Registrar General, Birth and Death Registration, Local Government Division; the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Statistics and Informatics Division; the Directorate General of Health Services, Health Services Division; and the Office of the Inspector General of Registration, Law and Justice Division.

Bangladesh introduced the online Birth Registration Information System (BRIS) in 2010 to replace manual birth registration. Each birth registered is assigned a 17-digit Birth Registration Number and pursuant to the Birth and Death Registration Act of 2004, both registration and issuance of certificates are free for birth and death. Registration is also compulsory within 45 days following a birth or death, and a late fee is charged for any registration occurring after 45 days.

Bangladesh recently started practicing the international standard medical certificate of cause of death in four hospitals and introduced MCCoD in another nineteen hospitals on a pilot basis. At selected large hospitals where many deaths occur, physicians were trained to use the ICD certificate for cause of death, and statistical coding is done in accordance with the Startup Mortality List (ICD-10-SMoL). Verbal autopsy was also introduced in selected areas of the country for community deaths where there is no medical certificate for cause of death.

Presently, Bangladesh does not produce dis-aggregated vital statistics reports from civil registration data. Instead, the Office of the Registrar General produces aggregated e-reports with the number of birth and death registrations from seven division, as well as the percentage of birth registrations against estimated population numbers and provides "real time" data its website. In addition, with support from UNICEF, the Directorate General of Health Services uses the DHIS2 health dashboard to collect and compile aggregated health data.

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is the official source of vital statistics data and produces dis-aggregated reports from the Sample Vital Registration System (SVRS). Under the "Monitoring the Situation of Vital Statistics of Bangladesh" project, the SVRS covers 2012 primary sampling units, each comprising 100-150 households. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics then dis-aggregates the regional and national figures and publishes them on its website.

CRVS Focal Point:

Mr. Mohammed Shahidul Islam, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Division, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

RSG Member:

Mr. Mohammad Khaled Hasan, Joint Secretary, Cabinet Division, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events

Goal 1 Targets:

1.A

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of births in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

1.B

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of children under 5 years old in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.

1.C

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of all individuals in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.

1.D

By 2024, at least 50 per cent of all deaths that take place in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

1.E

By 2024, at least 80 per cent of all deaths recorded by the health sector in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year have a medically certified cause of death recorded using the international form of the death certificate.

Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights

Goal 2 Targets:

2.A

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of all births registered in the territory and jurisdiction are accompanied with the issuance of an official birth certificate that includes, as a minimum, the individual’s name, sex, date and place of birth, and name of parent(s) where known.

2.B

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of all deaths registered in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are accompanied with the issuance of an official death certificate which includes, as a minimum, the deceased’s name, date of death, sex, and age.

Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated

Goal 3 Targets:

3.A

By 2021, annual nationally representative statistics on births – disaggregated by age of mother, sex of child, geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources

3.B

By 2021, annual nationally representative statistics on deaths – disaggregated by age, sex, cause of death defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate), geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources.

3.C

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of deaths occurring in health facilities or with the attention of a medical practitioner have an underlying cause of death code derived from the medical certificate according to the standards defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate)

3.D

By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced to 1.2 per cent.

3.E

By 2024, at least 50 per cent of deaths taking place outside of a health facility and without the attention of a medical practitioner have their underlying cause of death code determined through verbal autopsy in line with international standards.

3.F

By 2021, key summary tabulations of vital statistics on births and deaths using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within one calendar year.

3.G

By 2021, key summary tabulations of vital statistics on causes of death using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within two calendar years.

3.H

By 2021, an accurate, complete and timely vital statistics report for the previous two years, using registration records as the primary source, is made available in the public domain.

Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events

Goal 1 is an expression of the internationally accepted principle of the universal coverage of civil registration. The CRVS system should register all vital events occurring in the territory and jurisdiction of the country or area, including among hard-to-reach and marginalized populations.

National Targets:

1.A

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of births in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

BASELINE

2014

11%

MIDTERM

2017

28%

TARGET

2024

100%

1.B

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of children under 5 years old in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.

MIDTERM

2014

20.2%

TARGET

2024

100%

1.C

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of all individuals in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.

TARGET

2024

100%

1.D

By 2024, at least 50 per cent of all deaths that take place in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

baseline

2014

7%

MIDTERM

2017

20%

TARGET

2024

50%

1.E

baseline

2017

2.5%

MIDTERM

2018

19.6%

TARGET

2024

80%

Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights

Goal 2 reflects that CRVS systems provide legal documentation of civil registration to individuals and families for legal and administrative purposes. Legal documentation is strongly linked with a broad range of rights and activities, in particular legal identity. This goal addresses the distinction between the civil registration of a vital event and the possession of formal proof that it took place, in the form of legal documentation.

National Targets:

2.A

baseline

2014

100%

MIDTERM

2018

100%

TARGET

2024

100%

2.B

baseline

2013

100%

MIDTERM

2018

100%

TARGET

2024

100%

Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated

Goal 3 highlights the critical importance of civil registration being linked to the production and quality assurance of vital statistics on the occurrence and characteristics of vital events.

National Targets:

3.A

TARGET

2021

3.B

TARGET

2021

3.C

Note: This target was not monitored as part of the Midterm Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Regional Action Framework for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific.

baseline

2014

39%

TARGET

2024

100%

3.D

By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced to 1.2 per cent.

Note: This country's objective has been modified to reflect the current understanding of the target, expressing the percentage of ill-defined codes to achieve.

baseline

2017

2.4%

MIDTERM

2018

2.8%

TARGET

2024

1.2%

3.E

Note: In light of recent countries’ experiences, Verbal autopsy is not encouraged to be applied to a large population scale, but rather on a representative sample. To reflect this, Target 3E is not anymore monitored by the coverage percentage of Verbal autopsy, but by the use or not of Verbal autopsy and its different applications.

MIDTERM

Yes

TARGET

2024

Yes

3.F

TARGET

2021

3.G

TARGET

2021

3.H

By 2021, an accurate, complete and timely vital statistics report for the previous two years, using registration records as the primary source, is made available in the public domain.

TARGET