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Adult death registration in Matlab, rural Bangladesh: completeness, correlates, and obstacles

Genus, 2021
Civil registration of vital events such as deaths and births is a key part of the process of securing rights and benefits for individuals worldwide. It also enables the production of vital statistics for local planning of social services.
M. Moinuddin Haider, Nurul Alam, Mamun Ibn Bashar, Stéphane Helleringer   +3 more
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Examining sex differences in the completeness of Peruvian CRVS data and adult mortality estimates

Genus, 2022
The production, compilation, and publication of death registration records is complex and usually involves many institutions. Assessing available data and the evolution of the completeness of the data compiled based on demographic techniques and other ...
Helena Cruz Castanheira, José Henrique Costa Monteiro da Silva   +1 more
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Mortality statistics in India: Current status and future prospects

Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2022
When plague epidemics swept India in the second half of the 19th century, there was an epidemiological need for mortality statistics; as a result, vital event registration systems were established.
Rajesh Kumar
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Snapshot of civil registration and vital statistics systems of Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]

, 2021
French version available in IDRC Digital LibraryIn Côte d’Ivoire, the National Office of Civil Status and Identification (ONECI) under the Ministry of Territorial Administration is responsible for civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS).
Mitala, Hosea
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Monitoring progress in reducing maternal mortality using verbal autopsy methods in vital registration systems: what can we conclude about specific causes of maternal death?

BMC Medicine, 2019
Reducing maternal mortality is a key focus of development strategies and one of the indicators used to measure progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Ian D. Riley, Riley H. Hazard, Rohina Joshi, Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury, Alan D. Lopez   +4 more
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Snapshot of civil registration and vital statistics systems of South Africa [PDF]

, 2021
French version available in IDRC Digital LibraryThis briefing report presents: Background information on the country including legislative framework; Selected indicators relevant for CRVS improvement processes; Stakeholders’ activities; and Resources ...
Mitala, Hosea
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Estimating completeness of national and subnational death reporting in Brazil: application of record linkage methods

Population Health Metrics, 2020
Background In Brazil, both the Civil Registry (CR) and Ministry of Health (MoH) Mortality Information System (SIM) are sources of routine mortality data, but neither is 100% complete.
Luiz Fernando Lima Costa, Marli de Mesquita Silva Montenegro, Dacio de Lyra Rabello Neto, Antonio Tadeu Ribeiro de Oliveira, Jose Eduardo de Oliveira Trindade, Tim Adair, Maria de Fatima Marinho   +6 more
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The Need to Address Fragmentation and Silos in Mortality Information Systems: The Case of Ghana and Peru

International Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objectives: We aimed to understand the information architecture and degree of integration of mortality surveillance systems in Ghana and Peru.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using a combination of document review and unstructured interviews
Daniel Cobos Muñoz, Daniel Cobos Muñoz, Carmen Sant Fruchtman, Carmen Sant Fruchtman, Janet Miki, Javier Vargas-Herrera, Javier Vargas-Herrera, Sarah Woode, Fidelia A. A. Dake, Benjamin Clapham, Don De Savigny, Don De Savigny, Don De Savigny, Emmanuel Botchway   +13 more
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Multilevel analysis of individual- and community-level determinants of birth certification of children under-5 years in Nigeria: evidence from a household survey

BMC Public Health, 2022
Promoting birth certification is central to achieving legal identity for all - target 16.9 of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Nigeria is not on track to achieve this goal with its low coverage of birth certification (BC).
Uchechi Shirley Anaduaka
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Snapshot of civil registration and vital statistics systems of Botswana

, 2021
In carrying out its work, the Department of Civil and National Registration (DCNR) has partnerships with the Botswana Ministry of Health, which is responsible for birth and deaths events; the Administration of Justice, which is responsible for divorce ...
Đoković, Zoran
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