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The CRVS authority in the Tuvalu is the Central Statistics Division (CSD), working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. For the 2012-2016 period, the Birth Registration has been estimated to be 88.3% complete, while that rate was of 61.5% for Death Registration. The expected number of events was computed from the crude birth rate and the crude death rate estimates provided by the 2012 Population and Housing Census. Finally, the proportion of deaths assigned ill-defined causes of death was of 12.0%.
The main challenges for the country’s CRVS system are mostly based on its geography, made of sparsely populated islands. This makes it difficult administrations to reach some parts of the population, whether civil registrars or health professionals. This problem calls for an amelioration of the islands’ records merging system, as well as for more efficient collaboration between civil registration authorities and the health information system to produce more accurate vital statistics reports. The country’s exposure to natural disaster is also a source of threat and a challenge to be accounted for in the CRVS development strategy. To tackle those issues, a national CRVS committee has been created, and specific training to local health professional has been provided for more accurate recording.
Ms. Eselealofa Apinelu, Attorney-General, Office of the Attorney-General
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:
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:
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:
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.
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.

National Coordination Mechanism
Status in Tuvalu: No data

Comprehensive Assessment
Status in Tuvalu: No data

National Targets for 2024
Status in Tuvalu: Not started

Monitoring & Reporting Plan
Status in Tuvalu: No data

Inequality Assessment
Status in Tuvalu: No data

National Strategy
Status in Tuvalu: No data

National Focal Point
Status in Tuvalu: Complete

Reporting to ESCAP - Baseline
Status in Tuvalu: Not started

Reporting to ESCAP - Midterm
Status in Tuvalu: In progress
The CRVS authority in the Tuvalu is the Central Statistics Division (CSD), working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. For the 2012-2016 period, the Birth Registration has been estimated to be 88.3% complete, while that rate was of 61.5% for Death Registration. The expected number of events was computed from the crude birth rate and the crude death rate estimates provided by the 2012 Population and Housing Census. Finally, the proportion of deaths assigned ill-defined causes of death was of 12.0%.
The main challenges for the country’s CRVS system are mostly based on its geography, made of sparsely populated islands. This makes it difficult administrations to reach some parts of the population, whether civil registrars or health professionals. This problem calls for an amelioration of the islands’ records merging system, as well as for more efficient collaboration between civil registration authorities and the health information system to produce more accurate vital statistics reports. The country’s exposure to natural disaster is also a source of threat and a challenge to be accounted for in the CRVS development strategy. To tackle those issues, a national CRVS committee has been created, and specific training to local health professional has been provided for more accurate recording.
Ms. Eselealofa Apinelu, Attorney-General, Office of the Attorney-General