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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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  • Asia-Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Research Forum

    The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) organized the first Asia-Pacific CRVS Research Forum which was held from 3-4 April 2023. Hosted by ESCAP in Bangkok, the fully online event offered a major research, information sharing, and capacity-building opportunity for participants. They were able to present at and attend paper presentations and interactive sessions, including networking opportunities.

     

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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.

 

 

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Guidelines for interpreting verbal autopsy data

Verbal autopsy (VA) is the only practical alternative to the medical certification of cause of death (MCCOD) by a trained physician, and the subsequent coding of that death certificate by a trained coder. MCCOD represents the very best practice for countries to follow but, in many countries, physicians are not available to certify deaths and capacity for correct International Classification of Diseases coding is limited.

Regional Training Workshop on Transition to Register-based Approaches for Population and Housing Censuses

The Regional Training Workshop on Transition to Register-based Approaches for Population and Housing Censuses will take place in Ankara, Türkiye, from 12 to 15 June 2023. 

The workshop aims to strengthen participants’ capacity on how to better use administrative data to support the census. The workshop provides the participants with the opportunity to:  

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Events

11-13 Dec 2024
7th Conference on Technical Cooperation & Capacity Building for Border Management and Identity (BMIC)
29 Apr 2024
National Closing Workshop: Capacity Building for the Project on Assessing Inequalities in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the Philippines
06 May 2024
CRVS Partnership meeting
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News

03 Apr 2024
Asia-Pacific Stats Café Series: CRVS Business Process Improvement: Success Stories from Asia-Pacific
27 Mar 2024
Nepal to assign unique ID number at birth as part of digital ID program
27 Mar 2024
Vietnam’s Law on Identification 2023 to take effect from July 2024
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Resources

Country Assessments and Strategies, 2024
Assessment, Analysis, and Redesign of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Business Processes Тurkmenistan (2023) CRVS Business Process Improvement (BPI) Brief
Newsletters, 2024
CRVS INSIGHT MARCH 2024
International Standards and Recommendations, 2024
IRIS pocket guide: A POCKET GUIDE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICAL SYSTEMS (JIPS, JAN2024)
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