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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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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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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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 Previous editions can be found here. |
A recent UNICEF blog highlights recent improvements to the birth registration and certification process in Timor-Leste. Expecting mothers visiting hospital facilities will now receive a comprehensive “mother-child booklet", including essentials from infant care to birth registration.
The ICD-11 Training Curriculum for International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11) Morbidity & Mortality Coders, developed by the CDC Foundation, will soon be available in the Johns Hopkins University Data for Health Resource Repository.
The Government of Papua New Guinea, with the support by UNICEF PNG, aims to boost birth registration to ensure all children have a legal identity.
The Solomon Islands government, in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative, World Health Organization (WHO), CDC Foundation, and University of New South Wales (UNSW), organised a Verbal Autopsy Workshop during 23 - 24 July 2024.
During 30 June - 5 July 2024, a five-day workshop organized by Vital Strategies Data Impact Program, and supported by the CRVS Program and ESCAP, on the use of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics data for the production of vital statistics in Bandung, Indonesia, brought the collective efforts of various ministries closer to the production of the first vital statistic
ESCAP and the Pacific Community (SPC) are organising a virtual meeting for the Pacific Civil Registrars Network (PCRN) on 31 July 2024. The PCRN is an independent network of Civil Registrars in the Pacific, where members share information, lessons learned and good practices.
Congratulations to Armenia for being the first to submit the completed questionnaire for the 2025 review of progress in implementing the Regional Action Framework on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific! The ESCAP secretariat certainly appreciates the early submission. Thanks to all the stakeholders who contributed during the process.
The Pacific Community (SPC) in collaboration with The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) are organizing a series of workshops in Kiribati to build capacity in medical certification of cause of death and the production of vital statistics from 10-13 September 2024. These workshops will support the finalization of the Kiribati vital statistics report, capacity strengthening in medical certification of cause of death, drafting of CRVS action pl
