Progress report on covering every birth and death: improving civil registration and vital statistics in the WHO South East Asia Region

Overview

To accelerate progress towards strengthening CRVS systems, Member States in the WHO SEA Region adopted the “WHO South-East Asia Regional strategy for strengthening the role of the health sector for improving civil registration and vital statistics 2015–2024”. The regional CRVS strategy articulates common principles in CRVS development, key strategic objectives to be met, and a range of recommendations and key action areas to be addressed. The regional CRVS strategy focuses on health sector initiatives at the regional, national and local levels to support notification and universal civil registration of births and deaths and causes of deaths, and improve the generation of accurate, complete and timely vital statistics.”