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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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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

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CRVS Insight June (2) 2017

Articles

Boosting Birth Registration in East Java
Reaching the Every Newborn National 2020 Milestones
CRVS and Disaster Risk Reduction
Monitoring the Pacific non-communicable disease (NCD) crisis

Events

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Every Newborn Action Plan report

In 2014, at the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly, 194 Member States endorsed the Every Newborn: an action plan to end preventable deaths (Resolution WHA67.10), a road map of strategic actions to end preventable newborn mortality and stillbirths and contribute to reducing maternal mortality and morbidity. The Every Newborn Action Plan presents evidence-based solutions and sets out a clear path to 2020 with eight specific milestones for what needs to be done differently to greatly reduce mortality rates and improve maternal and newborn health by 2030.

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CRVS Insight June (1) 2017

Articles

Meeting of the Regional Steering Group for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific 18-20 October 2017
Launch of the state-of-the-art Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) eLearning course
OpenCRVS -a standards based software platform for CRVS under development
Call for CRVS experts from the Centre of Excellence

Events

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The identity project: an assessment of the UK Identity Card Bill and it's implications

The government's identity card proposals have far-reaching implications. The creation of a nation-wide population database on such a scale and with such complexity has rarely been attempted anywhere in the world. It is not surprising, therefore, that the proposals have sparked a lively debate throughout British society. The Government asserts that its version of a national identity system offers the potential to combat the threat of terrorism, identity fraud and illegal working.

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Using information management in preparedness and response: Making timely & relevant decisions

The Asia-Pacific Region has the highest risk of exposure to natural hazards in the world. Seven out of the ten deadliest disasters worldwide since 1980 occurred in Asia. In order to abate the impacts of these disasters, disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) policies, programs and activities have been adopted by countries in the region to enable them to continue to develop sustainably amidst the inevitable occurrences of natural hazards.

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PCRN Workshop on Disaster Planning and Response

The Pacific Civil Registrars Network (PCRN) is organizing a workshop on disaster planning and response in Suva, Fiji from 2 to 4 October 2017. The workshop is supported by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and various members of the Brisbane Accord Group, including SPC, UNICEF and ESCAP.

The objectives of the workshop are;

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Monitoring the Pacific non-communicable disease (NDC) crisis

CRVS data on mortality and cause of death is essential for improving health in the Pacific islands.

Please see the poster on Monitoring the Pacific non-communicable disease (NDC) crisis for more details.

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Boosting Birth Registration in East Java

Every child has the right to a birth certificate. Without one, a child cannot progress through school, access free health care, acquire a passport, or enjoy many other rights of citizenship. This short documentary highlights progress on birth registration in Pasuran, East Java, where UNICEF has been helping the local government get more children out from the shadows.

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Launch of the state-of-the-art Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) eLearning course

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CRVS and Natural Disasters

Effective CRVS systems play an important role in assisting countries to adequately plan for and respond to disasters, and it is important that CRVS systems are resilient enough to continue functioning in the event of a natural disaster. Pacific countries have had first-hand experience with this recently in responding to cyclones Pam and Winston, and have identified the role of CRVS in disasters as a regional priority.