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The authority responsible for civil registration in Nauru is the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Through a national CRVS committee formed in 2011 with stakeholders from the Department of Health, the Government Registration Office, the Bureau of Statistics, producer of the vital statistics, the Planning Aid Division Office and the Information Technology and Communication (ICT), a strong collaboration and data sharing has been implemented. This collaboration was formalized via a new legislative frame for CRVS in 2018, defining the roles of CRVS stakeholders, and giving the director of Medical Services the responsibility to notify the registrar’s office any death at the Nauruan hospital immediately, and any birth within 7 days. Families are still required to formally register the events through the registrar’s office, and they have 21 days to do so for births.
Birth Registration is estimated to be 90 to 95% complete within 1 year of birth, and 70 % of the total population is estimated to have had their birth registered. Death Registration is estimated to be 95% complete within 1 year of death. However, those estimates are quite hard to produce and prone to large variation considering the small size of the population of 11,000. Nauru has essentially complete registration of births and deaths, , in part due to the funeral assistance payments and a child payment at birth which are linked to formal registration.
The challenges faced by this small island country include the registration system backup, as shown in 2013 with the destruction of some of the records in the fire of the only hospital. The quality of coding in general, and of cause of death coding in particular also needs improvement to produce more easily vital statistics report featuring more accurate information.
Mr. Francis Deireragea, Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Chief Secretary
Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events |
Goal 1 Targets:
Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights |
Goal 2 Targets:
Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated |
Goal 3 Targets:
Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events |
Goal 1 is an expression of the internationally accepted principle of the universal coverage of civil registration. The CRVS system should register all vital events occurring in the territory and jurisdiction of the country or area, including among hard-to-reach and marginalized populations.
National Targets:
Note: This country has not submitted estimates for the number of births for all years. The level of completeness of birth registration was therefore assessed with international estimates for every year, to allow comparison. These measurements are therefore to be interpreted with caution.
BASELINE
2014100%
MIDTERM
201798%
TARGET
2024100%
MIDTERM
201395.9%
TARGET
2024100%
Note: This country has not submitted estimates for the number of deaths for all years. The level of completeness of death registration was therefore assessed with international estimates for every year, to allow comparison. These measurements are therefore to be interpreted with caution.
baseline
2014100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
TARGET
2024100%
baseline
2015100%
MIDTERM
2017100%
TARGET
2024100%
Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights |
Goal 2 reflects that CRVS systems provide legal documentation of civil registration to individuals and families for legal and administrative purposes. Legal documentation is strongly linked with a broad range of rights and activities, in particular legal identity. This goal addresses the distinction between the civil registration of a vital event and the possession of formal proof that it took place, in the form of legal documentation.
National Targets:
TARGET
2024100%
TARGET
2024100%
Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated |
Goal 3 highlights the critical importance of civil registration being linked to the production and quality assurance of vital statistics on the occurrence and characteristics of vital events.
National Targets:
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved
Note: This target was not monitored as part of the Midterm Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Regional Action Framework for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific.
baseline
201540.8%
MIDTERM
201721.3%
Note: In light of recent countries’ experiences, Verbal autopsy is not encouraged to be applied to a large population scale, but rather on a representative sample. To reflect this, Target 3E is not anymore monitored by the coverage percentage of Verbal autopsy, but by the use or not of Verbal autopsy and its different applications.
MIDTERM
No
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved

National Coordination Mechanism
Status in Nauru: Complete

Comprehensive Assessment
Status in Nauru: Complete

National Targets for 2024
Status in Nauru: Complete

Monitoring & Reporting Plan
Status in Nauru: Not started

Inequality Assessment
Status in Nauru: Not started

National Strategy
Status in Nauru: Plans

National Focal Point
Status in Nauru: Complete

Reporting to ESCAP - Baseline
Status in Nauru: Complete

Reporting to ESCAP - Midterm
Status in Nauru: Complete
The authority responsible for civil registration in Nauru is the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Through a national CRVS committee formed in 2011 with stakeholders from the Department of Health, the Government Registration Office, the Bureau of Statistics, producer of the vital statistics, the Planning Aid Division Office and the Information Technology and Communication (ICT), a strong collaboration and data sharing has been implemented. This collaboration was formalized via a new legislative frame for CRVS in 2018, defining the roles of CRVS stakeholders, and giving the director of Medical Services the responsibility to notify the registrar’s office any death at the Nauruan hospital immediately, and any birth within 7 days. Families are still required to formally register the events through the registrar’s office, and they have 21 days to do so for births.
Birth Registration is estimated to be 90 to 95% complete within 1 year of birth, and 70 % of the total population is estimated to have had their birth registered. Death Registration is estimated to be 95% complete within 1 year of death. However, those estimates are quite hard to produce and prone to large variation considering the small size of the population of 11,000. Nauru has essentially complete registration of births and deaths, , in part due to the funeral assistance payments and a child payment at birth which are linked to formal registration.
The challenges faced by this small island country include the registration system backup, as shown in 2013 with the destruction of some of the records in the fire of the only hospital. The quality of coding in general, and of cause of death coding in particular also needs improvement to produce more easily vital statistics report featuring more accurate information.
Mr. Francis Deireragea, Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Chief Secretary