Civil Registration and Vital Statistics

Systematic review of eCRVS and mCRVS interventions in low and middle income countries (3.42 MB)

The problem addressed in this systematic review is concerned with the broad domain of information systems (IS) for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS), and how they have been influenced, or have the potential to be influenced, by information and communication technology (ICT)-based interventions.

Move it: Report on monitoring of vital events using Information Technology (2.35 MB)

Monitoring of vital events CRVS 2013 (691 kB)

Within the domain of public health, information obtained from civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) is critical, allowing tracking of individual births and building profiles of mortality and causes of death. These data play a fundamental role in planning and monitoring public health outcomes, as well as a broad range of outcomes in other policy domains.

Rapid CRVS assessment (0.94 MB)

The rapid assessment tool consists of 25 questions about how the civil registration and vital statistics systems function.

Handbook on Training in CRVS 2002 (17.98 MB)

The Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems is designed for use in developing training courses in civil registration and vital statistics systems.

Handbook on CRVS - Developing information, education and communication - 1998 (13.32 MB)

The present Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Developing Information, Education and Communication pro:vides guidance to countries to help them to design and carry out information, education and communication activities in support of a comprehensive improvement programme of civil registration and vital statistics systems. It is produced as part of the International Programme for Accelerating the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems.

Handbook on CRVS - Computerization - 1998 (7.35 MB)

The present Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Computerization provides guidance to decision makers and the relevant authorities of countries for the development and implementation of administrative electronic data-processing systems for civil registration and vital statistics systems.

Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Management, Operation and Maintenance (3.79 MB)

The present Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Management, Operation and Maintenance, Revision 1, has been developed as a companion volume to the revised set of United Nations principles and recommendations for vital statistics systems.1 It aims to provide guidance and assistance to national authorities in establishing a holistic system of civil registration, vital statistics and identity management. This is the first revision of the original handbook, which was issued in 1998.

Handbook on civil registration, vital statistics and identity management systems: Communication for development (2.94 MB)

The purpose of this Handbook is to help design and carry out self-sustaining, evidence based and measurable communication for development (behavior and social change) interventions to support a target country's overall improvement programme of CR/VS/IM systems.

Strengthening civil registration and vital statistics for births, deaths and causes of death: Resource Kit (2.52 MB)

This Resource Kit appears at just the right moment. The 2015 deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is fast approaching, and health and development practitioners are engaged in a wide-ranging critical analysis of the progress made, the challenges remaining and emerging needs.