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.
Read MoreThe 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. |
World Health Organization is organizing a regional workshop on Getting everyone in the picture-how the health sector accelerated improvements in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) (2015-2024) in Chon Buri Province, Thailand from 23–25 April 2025.
Participation in this workshop is by invitation only.
We invite organizations contributing to strengthening Civil Registration and Vital Statistics systems to host a side event at the Third Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific (3MCCRVS). To apply, please complete and submit a proposal form for side events by 31 March 2025. CRVS ANACoD3 Death Analysis Workshop, (Nadi, Fiji)The Pacific Community (SPC) with support from Vital Strategies and the Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative will run a three-day regional workshop where participants from Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu will learn how to use the ANACoD tool to perform comprehensive and systematic analyses of cause of death data CRVS Gender Data Analysis Workshop, (Nadi, Fiji)The Pacific Community (SPC) with support from Vital Strategies and the Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative will run a three-day regional workshop for participants from Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Niue, and Tonga. Pacific Civil Registrars Network meeting, (Nadi, Fiji)A meeting of PCRN will be organised by the Pacific Community (SPC) and other partners ASSESSING INEQUALITIES IN THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS IN SAMOAThe report of inequalities in birth registration in Samoa highlights several key findings: 
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