Increasing demand for better quality data and more investment to strengthen civil
registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems will require increased emphasis on objective …

The health and development challenges of the coming decades cannot be tackled
effectively without reliable data for births, deaths, and causes of death, which only a …

Vital statistics generated through civil registration systems are the major source of
continuous monitoring of births and deaths over time. The usefulness of vital statistics …

New momentum for civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) is building, driven by the
confluence of growing demands for accountability and results in health, improved equity …

In this Series paper, we examine whether well functioning civil registration and vital statistics
(CRVS) systems are associated with improved population health outcomes. We present a …

Good public-health decisionmaking is dependent on reliable and timely statistics on births
and deaths (including the medical causes of death). All high-income countries, without …

For many people, awareness of civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems is limited
to their own personal experience of registering a birth or death, applying for a copy of a birth …

Most people in Africa and Asia are born and die without leaving a trace in any legal record
or official statistic. Absence of reliable data for births, deaths, and causes of death are at the …

Background The need to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to have
access to reliable and timely mortality data has created a strong demand in countries for …

Background Two World Health Organization comparative assessments rated the quality of
South Africa's 1996 mortality data as low. Since then, focussed initiatives were introduced to …