Resources

This framework provides countries with a practical roadmap to strengthen the quality and consistency of cause-of-death data—one of the most essential inputs for health policy and planning. Developed by Vital Strategies and the Pacific Community (SPC), it outlines methods for assessing, assuring, and improving the accuracy of medical certification and ICD mortality coding.

Only 1 out of every 10 deaths is registered in sub-Saharan Africa. Stronger CRVS systems will contribute to bringing benefits and services to more people and providing better data for policymaking.

This case study assesses how Colombia strengthened its civil registration system.

This guide provides a checklist and answers relevant questions about the process for improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics and identification systems.

This report summarizes local views on the key success factors and barriers to establishing rapid mortality surveillance in 13 countries supported in these efforts by Vital Strategies in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The purpose of this guidance is to help civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system stakeholders increase rates of vital event registration.

As part of the Bloomberg Data For Health Initiative (D4H), Vital Strategies is partnering with Viet Nam government agencies to reach objectives set forth in the National Action Plan on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS).

The purpose of this article was to quantify the amount of misclassification of the COVID-19 mortality occurring in hospitals and other health facilities in three Brazilian state capitals, discuss potential factors contributing to this misclassification, and consider the implications for vital statistics.

This study presents the Program to Reduce Maternal Deaths in Tanzania's maternal health-related interventions and obstetric results from 13 years of implementation in Kigoma.