Assessing Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in the Asia-Pacific region, Bangkok, 28-31 March 2011

Assessing Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in the Asia-Pacific region

Bangkok, 28-31 March 2011

Last update: 4 April 2011

In June 2010, health experts, registrars and statisticians from Asia-Pacific attended a regional forum on civil registration and vital statistics held in Bangkok. The main result of the forum was an outcome statement calling upon governments and international organizations for urgent action to increase their support in strengthening civil registration and vital statistics systems in the Asia-Pacific region. Subsequent to the forum, the ESCAP Committee on Statistics endorsed a regional programme for the improvement of vital statistics and civil registration in Asia and the Pacific.

Following the outcome of the forum and the endorsement of a regional programme by ESCAP’s Committee of Statistics, the Statistics Division organized a meeting to bring together senior representatives from health ministries, registrars-general offices and national statistical offices, to introduce the WHO Guidance Tool as a basis for conducting a detailed assessment. The meeting brought together key officials of countries that have explicitly requested support to undertake a detailed evaluation of their civil registration and vital statistics systems.

Annotated agenda
Concept note
Directory of Participants
Opening Session
Introduction	ESCAP
Improved civil registration and vital statistics: priorities for health and development	Health Metrics Network
Introduction: objectives and background of the WHO guidance tool	ESCAP
Framework, process & implementation	UQ HIS-Hub
Session 1: Experiences and lessons learnt in using the WHO Guidance Tool
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Assessment: Philippines	Philippines NSO
Sri Lankan Experience with Civil and Vital Registration Assessment	UQ HIS-Hub
Session 2: Component A of WHO’s Guidance Tool
Component A – Legal basis and resources for civil registration	ESCAP
Overview of the results from the Rapid Assessment of vital statistics and civil registration	UQ HIS-Hub
Country presentation: Cambodia	Cambodia
Country presentation: Viet Nam	Viet Nam
Session 3: Component B of WHO’s Guidance Tool
Introduction to registration practices, coverage and completeness	Health Metrics Network
Country presentation: Bangladesh	Bangladesh
Registration practices, coverage and completeness Death certification and cause of death In Bangladesh perspective	Bangladesh
Future of IS in Bangladesh	Bangladesh
Country presentation: Bhutan	Bhutan
Flowchart on vital registration	Bhutan
Country presentation: Cambodia	Cambodia
Session 4: Component C of WHO’s Guidance Tool
Sub Component C: Death Certification and Cause of Death	UQ HIS-Hub
Country presentation: Mongolia	Mongolia
Country presentation: Turkey	Turkey
Session 5: Component D of WHO’s Guidance Tool
Component D: ICD mortality coding	UQ HIS-Hub
Improved civil registration and vital statistics: new developments and tools	Health Metrics Network	(1.1MB)
Country presentation: Indonesia	Indonesia
Country presentation: Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan
Country presentation: Viet Nam	Viet Nam
Population and Housing Census Questionnaire	Viet Nam
Prospectus and Registration 2011: ICD-10 Train-the-trainer and introductory coder training National Centre for Health Information Research and Training, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 27 June – 15 July 2011	WHO	(747KB)
Registration form: ICD-10 Train the trainer & Coding Course, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove Campus, 27 June – 15 July 2011	WHO
WHO training	WHO	Link
Session 6: Component E of WHO’s Guidance Tool
Improving Vital Statistics in the Asia-Pacific Region: Key Challenges	UQ HIS-Hub
Country presentation: Mongolia	Mongolia
Country presentation: Turkey	Turkey
From the assessment to a national implementation plan	ESCAP
Session 7: Identifying needs for support and next steps
Civil Registration System in India	India
Advocating for civil registration: guide to developing a business case	ABS
RETA6356 Handbook	ADB
RETA6356 Handbook: Administrative data sources for compiling Millennium Development Goals and Related Indicators	ADB	(4.6MB)



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Recent/upcoming activities

	Global Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Summit, Bangkok, 18-19 April 2013
	High-level Meeting on the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, 10-11 December 2012

	Partners Meeting on a Regional Plan for the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, 7-8 May 2012

	Informal meeting of Partners for the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, 19-20 January 2012


Previous activities

	Assessing Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in the Asia-Pacific region, Bangkok, 28-31 March 2011

	ESCAP/WHO Regional Forum on the Improvement of Vital Statistics and Civil Registration in Asia-Pacific, Bangkok, 23-25 June 2010

	ESCAP/WHO Meeting on the Improvement of Vital Statistics and Vital Registration in Asia-Pacific, Bangkok, 15-16 September 2009


Related links

	Health Metrics Network
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	UNSD
		Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Knowledge Center

	University of Queensland
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	WHO
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