The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), will organize the second CRVS Research Forum on 30 March - 1 April 2026 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Members and Associate Members of ESCAP have undertaken a review of their progress since the inception of the Asia Pacific CRVS Decade in 2014. Data from questionnaires distributed in 2024 to National CRVS focal points have been compiled into a Report on the 2025 Review of Progress Made on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific After a Decade of Getting Every One in the Picture.
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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.
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. |
This course was developed from an online seminar series of the same name, that was hosted by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Health in 2021-22. The course instructors are Drs. Michelle Kaufman and Tahilin Sanchez Karver.
This course will raise learners' awareness of the necessity of utilizing a gender lens in global public health data, policy, and practice, feature how-tos and key examples of integration of gender in data collection, analysis, and use from Data for Health partners.
The material is aimed at providing guidance for coding of causes of death and establishing mechanisms for its inclusion within a formal training programme in the Pacific region. This curriculum is intended to be delivered as a module with 10 learning areas and updates the previous ICD-10 curriculum drawing on insights also gained through recent training experience.
Newsletter Nov. 2024
Newsletter Nov. 2024
