CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS
IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
News & Events
13 Dec 2017
Kyrgyzstan progressing on a national strategy for CRVS
The draft Action Plan of the National Strategy for Registration of Civil Status Acts and Statistics of the Natural Movement of Population is nearing completion in the Kyrgyz Republic. The draft was developed by several ministries and departments working in coordination, including specialists from: the State Registration Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (which includes the Registry Office), the Ministry of Health, and the National Statistics Committee. In preparing the Action Plan, Kyrgyzstan’s already functioning Automated Information System “Civil Registry Office” (AIS “registry office”) was taken into consideration and the Civil Status Acts (2005) has been identified for revision. The Action Plan will now be approved by a decree from the government.
More News
22 January 2021
The ESCAP Statistics Division, in collaboration with international and national organizations, is…
22 January 2021
The CRVS Stakeholders of Maldives started working on the improvement of CRVS as part of a larger…
22 January 2021
Accurate medical certification of death plays a critical role in the generation of high-quality…
22 January 2021
CRVS Champion: Ms. Nazaria Baharudin Each month, our community newsletter puts a spotlight on one…
14 December 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging country mortality surveillance systems in unprecedented ways,…
14 December 2020
In Iran, in November of 2019, the first Iranian identity card was issued for a child born to an…
14 December 2020
Each month, our community newsletter puts a spotlight on one person from Asia-Pacific that has gone…
14 December 2020
Regional Steering Group members, Ms. Kamni Naidu (Fiji), Mr. Jeff Montgomery (NZ) and Ms. Gloria…
24 November 2020
The ESCAP CRVS team is proud to announce the launch of a new series we are calling "CRVS Champions…
24 November 2020
In a major step toward universal registration, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported…