IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) welcomes the submission of abstracts for the first Asia-Pacific CRVS Research Forum to be held from 3 – 4 April 2023. Hosted by ESCAP in Bangkok, this fully online event offers a major research, information sharing, and capacity-building opportunity for participants, who will be able to present at and attend paper presentations and interactive sessions, including networking opportunities.
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The Second Ministerial Conference on CRVS took place from the 16th to 19th November, 2021. It has been the occasion to celebrate progress through the CRVS Decade (2015-2024), identify remaining challenges, emphasize CRVS for sustainable development and promote CRVS as the foundation for legal identity.
Recordings, side-events and preparatory and outcome documents can be consulted on this website.
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In preparation of the Second Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific held from 16 to 19 November 2021, ESCAP has prepared a report on the situation of CRVS systems in the region. By celebrating the progresses and highlighting the challenges remaining to achieving universal registration systems, the report aims at shaping the priorities for the second half of the Decade.
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The current pandemic is disrupting CRVS systems all over the world, but also highlighting why well-functioning systems are more essential than ever. As a result, the UN Statistics Division, the World Health Organization and the UN Legal Identity Agenda Task Force developed COVID-19 resources offering guidance for civil registration stakeholders on maintaining CRVS activities.
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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. |
Newsletter: CRVS Insight July 2022
This month, our community newsletter would like to highlight Dr. Muhammad Asif, a CRVS Champion who has contributed remarkable efforts to support CRVS programmes in Asia-Pacific, raise awareness of CRVS issues and lead CRVS policy improvement in Pakistan.
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The event will be organized on Wednesday, 29th June 2022. Interested participants can join one of two below sessions. Click here for registration.
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight June 2022)
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight June 2022)
(Newsletter: CRVS Insight June 2022)
The document contains a description, drawing upon guidance issued by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund, of the proactive role that the health sector can play in ensuring that births and deaths are officially registered in national
civil registration systems. The description also covers the role of the health sector and of civil registration and vital statistics not only in tracking specific diseases, such as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but also in ongoing efforts to track all-cause mortality and causes of death.
