ESCAP, in close partnership with the Maldives Bureau of Statistics (MBS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), organized the second workshop on data analysis and report writing for civil registration-based vital statistics. The event took place in Male, Maldives, from the 3rd to the 7th of September 2023.

The primary objective of this workshop was to enhance the capabilities of government officials to conduct comprehensive and systematic analyses of mortality data drawn from the national civil registration data system. The workshop covered a range of topics, including the assessment of data quality and the completeness of death registration, the calculation and presentation of key mortality indicators, such as life expectancy at birth, and providing hands-on training in the utilization of the WHO’s ANACoD3 tool.

The workshop engaged a total of 24 national stakeholders from the Ministry of Health, Department of National Registration, Maldives Bureau of Statistics, Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH), Health Protection Agency, Hulhumale Hospital and Treetop Hospital.

The workshop was concluded with multiple mutually agreed timelines for data sharing, data analysis and the release of the vital statistics report, set for February 2024. 

More information on the event available here.