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2025 review of CRVS progress in Asia and the Pacific

Members and Associate Members of ESCAP are currently undertaking a review of their progress since the inception of the Asia Pacific CRVS Decade in 2014. A questionnaire has been distributed to National CRVS focal points and should be returned to ESCAP by 15 September.
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2024 Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Applied Research Training Initiative

The CRVS applied research training (CART) initiative focuses on enhancing CRVS systems through supporting applied research on strategies, interventions, and tools. This involves designing projects to address practical questions, employing robust methodologies, and identifying key personnel for effective implementation and publication. The need to strengthen practitioners' research capacity is evident, as highlighted in the Asia-Pacific CRVS research forum held in 2023.

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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems Improvement Framework

To meet the targets of the CRVS Decade, a Business Process Improvement approach can help improve and streamline Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) system. The CRVS Systems Improvement Framework help CRVS stakeholders assess, analyze and redesign, to improve user experience and produce timely vital statistics.

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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Inequality Assessments

The Ministerial Declaration on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific emphasizes the need to address CRVS inequalities among hard-to-reach and marginalized populations, promoting universality and equity in civil registration regardless of factors such as gender, religion, or ethnicity. Countries are encouraged to conduct assessments to assess where such inequalities may exist.

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Follow CRVS news in Asia and the Pacific by subscribing to the CRVS Insight Newsletter

The CRVS community in Asia and the Pacific has reflected on where it stands at the midpoint of the CRVS Decade (2015-2024) during the Second Ministerial Conference. Following this celebration of progress, many of our partners and member countries are leading actions to fill the remaining gaps.

To learn more about CRVS in Asia and the Pacific, please subscribe to our newsletter, which offers a monthly panorama of CRVS actions throughout the region

Previous editions can be found here.

UNLIA Webinar: The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Universal Birth Registration – Gains, Opportunities, and Learnings

You are invited to join the UNLIA webinar featuring Mikiko Otani, a member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. She will share insights from the CRC Committee’s recent observations to various countries, highlighting common challenges and gaps in achieving universal birth registration. Please refer to the attached note for more details.

Date and Time: 22 November 2024 at 8:00-9:00 am EST

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Side event: Inclusion of Gender Diversity in Gender Equality Efforts: Focus on CRVS and legal identity

CRVS team will organise the side event on 19 November 2024 at The Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+30. The side event is on Inclusion of Gender Diversity in Gender Equality Efforts: Focus on CRVS and legal identity organised by our partners at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health.

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Third Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific (24-26 June 2025)

Third Ministerial Conference on Civil Registratio

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CSO consultations on CRVS in Cambodia

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The second meeting of South-East Asia Civil Registration Professionals Network, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 14-16 January 2025

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eLearning courses

World Bank

Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems - Advanced Level (Facilitated)

Vital Strategies

LMN Course: Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Systems Improvement Framework

The CRVS Systems Improvement Framework provides countries with the tools to assess and improve their CRVS systems and processes that brings stakeholders together to solve problems.

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LMN Course: DATA ANALYSIS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE

Accurate and timely data are necessary to develop a comprehensive health picture of a country. To help move data through the pipeline and assist technical staff in ministries of health use data to spur action, the course will improve knowledge and public health application in epidemiology and data analytics principles. By completing the eight interactive modules, participants will learn about the foundations of epidemiology, data presentation, including the creation of visual depictions of data, and how to perform various analyses. The course is available in English, French and Spanish.

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LMN Course: COMMUNICATING WITH DATA

Well-written, accurate, and accessible reports are critical tools for communicating public health data and for advancing policies that are responsive to the issues data reveal. All public health agencies should produce data reports and tailor them to a variety of audiences. Likewise, making sure that public health reports are seen by the intended audiences is a critical step in the report production process.

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LMN Course: COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR CRVS PRACTITIONERS

COMMUNICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR CRVS PRACTITIONER

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LMN Course: DATA TO POLICY

The Data to Policy (D2P) program, developed by Vital Strategies and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aims to bridge the data-policy gap in public health policy. Investments in data collection and health information systems in low and middle-income countries have greatly increased the data available to inform policymaking. But turning these data into actionable evidence requires organizational capacity for policy analysis.