The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in partnership with Vital Strategies, the Office for National Statistics (ONS), and the Pacific Community (SPC), has announced the launch of a self-paced e-learning course focused on data cleaning for civil registration-based vital statistics (CRVS).

This course is specifically designed for national CRVS stakeholders, offering practical training in preparing birth and death registration data for statistical analysis. Participants will gain hands-on skills in identifying data quality issues, standardizing entries, creating new variables, and tabulating data by key characteristics. The course features interactive modules and demonstrations using MS Excel, with equivalent syntax provided for Stata, SAS, and R.

Supported by the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative, this initiative aims to enhance the quality and usability of vital statistics, aligning with international standards. It forms part of ESCAP’s broader commitment to ensuring every life is counted and recognized through robust CRVS systems.

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