Programme: Research Forum (Day 2)

4 April 2023

Session 4: Addressing systemic issues to strengthen CRVS systems

Moderator: Ms Chloe Harvey, ESCAP
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4.1 09:00 – 09:15 am Ms Sarah Lister, Head of Governance, Bureau for Policy and Programming Support, UNDP
Keynote address
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4.2 09:15 – 09:30 am Ms Vandana Shah, Global Health Advocacy Incubator, USA
Locally led budget advocacy as an enabler of CRVS funding sustainability
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4.3 09:30 – 09:50 am Ms Lidiya Teklemariam, Global Health Advocacy Incubator, USA
CRVS Legal Reviews – Advancing Civil Registration Systems in the Asia-Pacific
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4.4 09:50 – 10:10 am Mr Shafqat Hussain, UNICEF, India
A digital solution for strengthening the Civil Registration System in Rajasthan
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4.5 10:10 – 10:25 am Dr. Muhammad Cholifihani, The Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency, Indonesia
Applying legal analysis and business process mapping for CRVS system strengthening: Lessons from three districts study in Indonesia
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4.6 10:25 – 10:40 am Mr Meli Nadakuca, Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Fiji
Challenges to the digitisation of vital statistics in Fiji
       
4.7 10:40 – 10:55 am Dr Muhammad Asif, Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Pakistan
Vital Event Notification and Registration in Pakistan: Dimensions, Barriers, Challenges, and Remedial Measures
       
4.8 10:55 – 11:15 am Mr Mohammed Shahidul Islam, Cabinet Division, Bangladesh
Enhancing birth and death registration through the improvement of a monitoring system in Bangladesh
       
4.9 11:15 – 11:35 am Mr Godfrey Ngoboka, Ministry of Health, Rwanda
A sustainable CRVS eLearning course to upskill competencies of practitioners in the registration of vital events: Experiences from Rwanda
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4.10 11:35 – 12:00 pm Ask the authors
Individual break-out rooms for in-depth discussion with the authors
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Session 5: Strengthening processes for death registration and medical certification

Moderator: Ms Nicola Richards, ESCAP
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5.1 12:30 – 12:45 pm Dr Philip Setel, Vital Strategies
Keynote address
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5.2 12:45 – 13:00 pm Dr Tim Adair, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Integrating verbal autopsy and medical certification of cause of death data to strengthen local health evidence
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5.3 13:00 – 13:15 pm Mr Soukvixay Sikhanxay, Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
The fragmentation of the mortality information system in Lao PDR
       
5.4 13:15 – 13:30 pm Ms Isariyaporn Kanta, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
Development and implementation of a Medical Certificate of Cause of Death Audit System for hospital deaths in Thailand
       
5.5 13:30 – 13:50 pm Dr Rangana Wadugedara, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
Streamlining the mortality inquest system in Sri Lanka
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5.6 13:50 – 14:05 pm Dr Syed Mursalin, Technical Support Unit – CRVS, Pakistan
Strengthening Medical Certification and Cause of Deaths Information in Pakistan
       
5.7 14:05 – 14:35 pm Ask the authors
Individual break-out rooms for in-depth discussion with the authors
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Session 6: Improving mortality statistics

Moderator: Ms Petra Nahmias, ESCAP
Session ID Time(Bangkok) Speaker & Topic Speaker bio Abstract Presentation Paper
6.1 15:00 – 15:15 pm Dr Stéphane Helleringer, Professor of Social Research and Public Policy, New York University, Abu Dhabi
Keynote address
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6.2 15:15 – 15:35 pm Dr Maria Midea Kabamalan, University of the Philippines Population Institute, the Philippines
Male-female disparities in potential years of life lost due to premature mortality in the Philippines
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6.3 15:35 – 15:50 pm Dr Mamta Gupta, Alchemist Research and Data Analysis, India
How complete is the civil registration system to provide district level estimates of mortality? A case study from Punjab in India
       
6.4 15:50 – 16:10 pm Dr Saman Gamage, CDC Foundation, Sri Lanka
Evaluation of the implementation of Iris automated coding system in the Philippines
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6.5 16:10 – 16:30 pm Dr Thomas Moultrie, Professor of Demography and Director of the Centre for Actuarial Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Innovation in regional estimates of completeness of death registration
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6.6 16:30 – 17:00 pm Ask the authors
Individual break-out rooms for in-depth discussion with the authors
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Session 7: Closing and farewell

Moderator: Ms Tanja Sejersen, ESCAP
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7.1 17:00 – 17:15 pm Ms Carla AbouZahr, CRVS Consultant
Keynote address
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7.2 17:15 – 17:20 pm Ms Rachael Beaven, ESCAP, Thailand
Closing remarks from ESCAP
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