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Civil Registration and Vital Statistics for Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals

open access: yes, 2017
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) defines civil registration as the continuous, permanent, compulsory and universal recording of the occurrence and characteristics of vital events pertaining to the population, as provided through decree or regulation in accordance with the legal ...
Mills, Samuel   +4 more
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Status Analysis on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS)

open access: yes, 2014
The Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) agenda has a wide scope. It covers the registration of vital events, like births, marriages and deaths, and the use of this to produce statistics. The registration often has immediate benefits for the persons who are registered, by giving them an identity and the right to public services.
Nielsen, Vibeke Oestreich   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Enhancing the value of mortality data for health systems: adding Circumstances Of Mortality CATegories (COMCATs) to deaths investigated by verbal autopsy

open access: yesGlobal Health Action, 2019
Half of the world’s deaths and their causes pass unrecorded by routine registration systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Verbal autopsy (VA) collects information on medical signs, symptoms and circumstances from witnesses of a death
Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can verbal autopsies be used on a national scale? Key findings and lessons from South Africa's national cause-of-death validation study

open access: yesGlobal Health Action
Background Verbal autopsy (VA), though imperfect, serves as a vital tool to determine cause-of-death, particularly for out-of-facility deaths, but challenges persist in integrating VA into Civil Registration and Vital Statistics systems.
Monique Maqungo   +20 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Comparative Analysis of Laws on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems

open access: yes, 2017
If one lives in a society in which unique identification numbers (UINs) are assigned upon registration of birth and such registration almost always occurs immediately after birth and in which the UIN allows the individual to access the system of social welfare and services, it is hard to ...
World Bank   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Civil registration systems and vital statistics: successes and missed opportunities

open access: yesCivil registration systems and vital statistics: successes and missed opportunities
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 depends on their quality. In the second paper in this Series we propose a comprehensive and practical framework for assessment of the quality of vital statistics.
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Legal frameworks for civil registration and vital statistics systems.

open access: yesRevista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology, 2020
Ashley, Frederes, Aaron Ross, Schwid
openaire   +1 more source

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