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CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS

IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Resources for civil registration during the COVID-19 pandemic

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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Preparations for the Second Ministerial Conference on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific

The Second Ministerial Conference on CRVS will be taking place from the 16th to 19th November, 2021. It will be 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. Preparations to get as much valuable inputs for the conference has already started, for example through the children and youth consultation, have already started and updates will be published on this website regularly.

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Midterm CRVS Decade (2015-2024) Progress

ESCAP is collecting country midterm questionnaires to measure regional progress through the midpoint of the CRVS Decade (2015-2024). Responses will inform and guide preparations for the Second Ministerial Conference in November 2021.

What are the numbers so far?
- 45 midterm questionnaires collected
- 53 national focal points established
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Follow the preparations for the Second Ministerial Conference by subscribing to the CRVS Insight Newsletter

The CRVS community in Asia and the Pacific is now actively preparing for the celebration of the midpoint of the CRVS Decade (2015-2024), planned for 16 to 19 November 2021. In this effect, many of our partners and member countries are leading actions and publications to establish where the region stands and to fill the remaining gaps.

To learn more about CRVS in Asia and the Pacific and keep updated on preparations for the Ministerial Conference, please subscribe to our newsletter, which offers a monthly panorama of CRVS actions throughout the region

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Review of National Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: A Case Study of Thailand

Report of the comprehensive assessment on national CRVS system of Thailand.

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Massive Open Online Course. Death 101 Shaping the Future of Global Health

This global health and life sciences course enables learners to investigate health problems affecting large populations – the whole world in fact! By understanding the big numbers in global mortality and their causes and distributions you will learn how to think numerically about global health. We will use real data from real people to ask the questions: What are the major causes of death in the world? Why do we need cause of death statistics? How does counting the dead help the living?

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CRVS Insight December 2015

Deadline for reporting of national targets and baseline data

Workshop for Asian national CRVS focal points held in Bangkok

Training Course on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems

New CRVS decade webpage www.getinthepicture.org is now available

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Estimating mortality using data from civil registration: a crosssectional study in India

Objective To analyse the design and operational status of India’s civil registration and vital statistics system and facilitate the system’s development into an accurate and reliable source of mortality data.

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Report on national targets and baseline data, Thailand

As part of the reporting structure of the Regional Action Framework on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) in Asia and the Pacific, by the end of 2015, members and associate members are required to submit a baseline report to the ESCAP Secretariat through their designated national focal point. This report is the report submitted by Thailand.

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CRVS Insight November 2015

- SDG target 16.9 on legal identity

- Bloomberg Data For Health (D4H) Initiative

- Reporting on national targets and current CRVS situation

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CRVS Insight September 2015

- President declares 2015-2024 as CRVS decade in Philippines

- Guidelines for setting and monitoring the goals and targets of the Regional Action Framework on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific - now available!

- UNICEF releases videos on birth registration in Kiribati, Vanauatu and Solomon Islands

- Workshop on Vital Statistics and the 'Get Every One in the Picture' initiative in Istanbul

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CRVS Insight August 2015

First meeting of the Regional Steering Group for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific (28-30 July, Bangkok)

Guidelines for setting and monitoring the goals and targets of the Regional Action Framework on CRVS in Asia and the Pacific are currently being developed

National Focal Points are now identified in 33 countries of the region.