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The civil registration system of Solomon Islands is the responsibility of a specific department of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA). It works in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) for birth and death registration. Vital statistics are produced by the SINSO (Solomon Islands National Statistics Office), which depends of the Ministry of Finance and Treasury (MoFT). A national CRVS committee has been established, with stakeholders from the MoHA, MoH, SINSO, ICTSU (Information and Communication Technology Support Unit, part of the MoFT, responsible for digitalization) and different partners. In 2014, a civil registration digital system, with a central database, was implemented in the country. In 2017, a review of the CRVS legislative framework was conducted to adapt the law to the current situation, as it hadn’t been updated in 30 years.

Solomon Islands have come a long way already to improve their civil registration system. In 2007, just 20 births were formally registered but by June 2014, more than 35,000 people legally had their birth registered. In 2017, the birth registration rate after one year was estimated to be 42%, and 28% in the general population, while the death registration rate was about 12%.

There is currently a lack of legislative framework which hinders the enforcement of registration mechanisms. Like many countries in the region, its geography, with 500 islands, a lot of rural communities and a lack of appropriate infrastructures to interact with them, is an obstacle to the development of civil registration.

CRVS Focal Point:

Mr. Jeffrey Sade Deve, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs

RSG Member:

Mr. Jeffrey Sade Deve, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs

Solomon Islands

Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events

Goal 1 Targets:

1.A

By 2024, at least 85 per cent of births in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered

1.B

By 2024, at least 90 per cent of children under 5 years old in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered

1.C

By 2024, at least 60 per cent of all individuals in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered

1.D

By 2024, at least 60 per cent of all deaths that take place in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

1.E

By 2024, at least 80 per cent of all deaths recorded by the health sector in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year have a medically certified cause of death recorded using the international form of the death certificate.

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:

2.A

By 2024, at least 70 per cent of all births registered in the territory and jurisdiction are accompanied with the issuance of an official birth certificate that includes, as a minimum, the individual’s name, sex, date and place of birth, and name of parent(s) where known.

2.B

By 2024, at least 50 per cent of all deaths registered in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are accompanied with the issuance of an official death certificate which includes, as a minimum, the deceased’s name, date of death, sex, and age.

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:

3.A

By 2017, annual nationally representative statistics on births – disaggregated by age of mother, sex of child, geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources

3.B

By 2018, annual nationally representative statistics on deaths – disaggregated by age, sex, cause of death defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate), geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources.

3.C

By 2024, at least 90 per cent of deaths occurring in health facilities or with the attention of a medical practitioner have an underlying cause of death code derived from the medical certificate according to the standards defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate)

3.D

By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced to 0.4 per cent.

3.E

By 2024, at least 20 per cent of deaths taking place outside of a health facility and without the attention of a medical practitioner have their underlying cause of death code determined through verbal autopsy in line with international standards.

3.F

By 2025, key summary tabulations of vital statistics on births and deaths using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within one calendar year.

3.G

By 2025, key summary tabulations of vital statistics on causes of death using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within two calendar years.

3.H

By 2025, an accurate, complete and timely vital statistics report for the previous two years, using registration records as the primary source, is made available in the public domain.

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.

Note: Information comes from the baseline report (E/ESCAP/72/22: www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/E72_22E.pdf) since no midterm questionnaire has been submitted yet.

National Targets:

1.A

By 2024, at least 85 per cent of births in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered

BASELINE

2014

29%

TARGET

2024

85%

1.B

By 2024, at least 90 per cent of children under 5 years old in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered

baseline

2014

17%

TARGET

2024

90%

1.C

By 2024, at least 60 per cent of all individuals in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered

TARGET

2024

60%

1.D

By 2024, at least 60 per cent of all deaths that take place in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

TARGET

2024

60%

1.E

baseline

2014

16%

TARGET

2024

80%

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.

Note: Information comes from the baseline report (E/ESCAP/72/22: www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/E72_22E.pdf) since no midterm questionnaire has been submitted yet.

National Targets:

2.A

TARGET

2024

70%

2.B

TARGET

2024

50%

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.

Note: Information comes from the baseline report (E/ESCAP/72/22: www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/E72_22E.pdf) since no midterm questionnaire has been submitted yet.

National Targets:

3.A

TARGET

2017

3.B

TARGET

2018

3.C

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

2014

78%

TARGET

2024

90%

3.D

By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced to 0.4 per cent.

Note: This country's objective has been modified to reflect the current understanding of the target, expressing the percentage of ill-defined codes to achieve.

TARGET

2024

0.4%

3.E

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.

TARGET

2024

Yes

3.F

TARGET

2025

3.G

TARGET

2025

3.H

By 2025, an accurate, complete and timely vital statistics report for the previous two years, using registration records as the primary source, is made available in the public domain.

TARGET