CRVS
KNOWLEDGE GATEWAY
Improving global health systems with more reliable birth, death and cause of death data.
Why improve CRVS?
Helping you create change
It’s time to start counting everyone.
This Gateway supports countries to plan and implement activities designed to strengthen their CRVS system. The resources you need are now at your fingertips.
What's new?
Fellow wins Commonwealth Digital Health Award
Congratulations to University of Melbourne Data for Health Fellow Dr Chamika Senanayake for winning a Commonwealth Digital Health Award in Colombo, Sri Lanka in the category of health promotion and health education for his work on SmartVA DHIS2 integration.
Fellowship profile: Developing a qualitative study protocol on VA interviewer experiences in Myanmar
Between November 2016 and February 2017 Ms Tun Zin Mar, from the Central Statistical Office came to the University of Melbourne to develop a framework of analysis for a qualitative study to learn about the experiences of verbal autopsy interviewers during the initial phases of implementation.
New- Summary: Improving the notification of community deaths
Notification of deaths, particularly deaths in the community, requires special attention and will likely need specific interventions tailored to each country. Two checklists have been developed for countries seeking to audit and improve internal notification of community deaths.
New- Colombia: A strategy to improve the registration and certification of vital events in rural and ethnic communities
This paper details Colombia’s strategy to increase the registration and certification of vital events in rural municipalities and ethnic communities. Key parts of this intervention involve developing a proactive search system to improve capture of vital events through mobile notification, and subsequently applying automated verbal autopsy to determine probable cause of community-based deaths.
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Learning Centre
Discover the best available knowledge, tools, guidelines and standards to improve CRVS
Library
Read through our collection of guidelines, CRVS developments, country experiences, and journal articles.
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