The information note provides an overview of national CRVS coordination mechanisms in Asia and the Pacific and give guidance to countries on how a national CRVS coordination mechanism can be most effective.

This working paper explores coordination issues through the lens of CRVS, with particular reference to birth registration. Ghana is used as a case study.

Provides a brief overview of the current status of CRVS in Cambodia

This is a report on the two days ‘National CRVS Strategic Planning Workshop’ on March 20-21, 2014. This meeting was based upon the recommendations of CRVS Comprehensive Assessment (2013) and the initiative of Ministry of Planning Development and Reforms and organization of WHO.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
• Share experiences and foster commitment through strong partnership of all the stakeholders.
• Define appropriate approaches to address the key CRVS operational issues through a consensus among multiple stakeholders.

Report on the four day Pakistani National Workshop on Comprehensive Assessment and Plan Development for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) from June 10-13, 2013 at Bhurban, Murree, Pakistan.
Workshop Objectives included:
• To conduct a standards-based, comprehensive assessment of the current CRVS status, capacities and resources in Pakistan
• Formulate a multi-sectorial national CRVS action plan that addresses the range of challenges, result oriented approaches and define feasible actions.

This material was presented at the Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics 24 – 28 November 2014 by UN ESCAP

In recent years, the Government of Pakistan has demonstrated increased commitment to social sector development, consequently leading to some notable successes. In particular, the country is celebrating the recent achievement of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) for sanitation, halving the proportion of the population without sustainable access to basic sanitation. Over the past two decades, the government has also made notable strides in combatting polio, increasing routine immunization and decreasing the number of out-ofschool children.