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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.

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A composite metric for assessing data on mortality and causes of death, the vital statistics performance index (VSPI)

This paper describes a Vital Statistics Performance Index, a composite of six dimensions of VS strength, each assessed by a separate empirical indicator. The six dimensions include: quality of cause of death reporting, quality of age and sex reporting, internal consistency, completeness of death reporting, level of cause-specific detail, and data availability/timeliness. A simulation procedure was developed to combine indicators into a single index.

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A global assessment of civil registration and vital statistics systems. monitoring data quality and progress

Increasing demand for better quality data and more investment to strengthen civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems will require increased emphasis on objective, comparable, cost-effective monitoring and assessment methods to measure progress.

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CRVS Developments and the Global Financing Facility for Women and Children’s Health

Material depicting origin and effects of the Global Financing Facility concept come from Canada presented during the Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics 24 – 28 November 2014

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Engaging stakeholders in a national CRVS Improvement Plan

This material was presented at the Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics 24 – 28 November 2014 by H.E. Ms Veena Bhatnagar, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Health & Medical Services, Fiji

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Vanuatu – Engaging other sectors to increase coverage for “hard to reach” populations

This material was presented at the Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics 24 – 28 November 2014 by Mr. Joe Iati, Registrar General, Civil Status Office Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vanuatu

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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) For Monitoring Health Policy Impacts in the Cook Islands

The Cook Island current CRVS system and key challenges. This material was presented at the Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics 24 – 28 November 2014 on CRVS by H.E. Mr. Nandi Glassie, Minister, Ministry of Health, Cook Islands

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Overview of the Global Financing Facility in support of Every Woman Every Child

This material was presented in the CRVS Ministerial Conference

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Whole-of-Government Approach in Bangladesh to build CRVS: Investing in Future of Every Citizen

This material was presented during the Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics 24 – 28 November 2014

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Regional Consultation Session on the Global Financing Facility for Every Woman Every Child

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

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Improving knowledge about causes of death and disease burden in the Asia Pacific region: critical role of vital statistics

This material was presented at the Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics 24 – 28 November 2014, by Prof. Alan Lopez, Melbourne Laureate Professor and Rowden-White Chair of Global Health and Burden of Disease Measurement, University of Melbourne