Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health, in collaboration with WHO and Vital Strategies, launched a 10-day training programme in October 2025 to enhance national capacity in ICD-based mortality coding. Targeting coders from the Registrar General's Department, the initiative forms part of the OneRegistry program, supported by the UN Sri Lanka SDG Fund and Bloomberg’s Data for Health initiative.

The training aims to standardize and improve the accuracy of mortality data, supporting timely vital statistics and evidence-based health policy planning.

The National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) has published its annual Vital Statistics Report in Georgia 2024, offering a detailed overview of key demographic indicators and life events across the country.

The report presents comprehensive data on births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, along with regional breakdowns and trends. The publication also includes insights into child mortality rates, maternal age trends, and demographic shifts, contributing to evidence-based policymaking and public health planning.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) will co-host a high-level roundtable on accelerating investment in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems across the Francophone world. The event takes place on 3 November 2025 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, aligning with the 50th session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review. 

UNFPA and its Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems, in collaboration with IDRC, Canada, the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children, and Adolescent’s, UNICEF, UNECA, and Open Data Watch hosted the 4th Global CRVS and Gender Symposium in Nairobi, Kenya between 15-17 October 2025. The event brought together 114 participants from 42 countries, representing governments, UN entities, development partners, academia and civil society organizations.

As governments digitize civil registration, identity management, and data systems, the need for shared standards, safeguards, and interdisciplinary dialogue is more urgent than ever.

Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Data for Health Initiative has opened a new funding round under its Global Grants Program (GGP), targeting improvements in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) and the strategic use of public health data.

Government agencies and NGOs with government partnerships are eligible to apply for grants of up to $100,000 for 12–15-month projects commencing around 1 April 2026. Priority areas include CRVS governance, verbal autopsy implementation, and data integration for health planning.

There are only 2 weeks left to apply for the third cohort of the CRVS Applied Research Training! This one-year programme builds research and analytical skills for CRVS practitioners to develop in-depth research to improve their national systems. Participants receive mentorship, e-learning, and face to face workshop opportunities to conduct applied research that improves CRVS data quality and use in their home country.

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) is hosting the next Stats Café on 27 October 2025, focusing on the theme: “Leveraging Administrative Data for Inclusive and High-Quality Official Statistics: Tools from the Collaborative on Administrative Data.”

• Bloomberg Global Grants Program Launches New Funding Round
• CART applications now open
• New members of the Regional Steering Group for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific
• Progressing CRVS Awareness in Fiji: A Milestone in the Northern Division
• Fiji Legal Review and upcoming event
• Kiribati pilots online data cleaning courses 

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