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This Gateway supports countries to plan and implement activities designed to strengthen their CRVS system. The resources you need are now at your fingertips.

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CRVS Resource Kits

Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) Resource Kits summarise and introduce the most important papers, tools and guidance documents for countries to begin planning for and implementing CRVS interventions.

ANACONDA in 20 countries

We are pleased to announce the publication of “Are cause of death data fit for purpose? evidence from 20 countries at different levels of socio-economic development” in PLoS One.

Joel Cris Patricio of West Visayas State University Medical Center, Iloilo City, Philippines

Data for Health delivers online training to over 1300 CRVS personnel

Delivering support and capacity-building to country personnel during the pandemic.

New: COVID-19 resource page

Resource page for technical guides, tools and other resources relating to COVID-19.

A woman and her baby wait for a COVID-19 test in Oudomxay Province, Lao PDR

Fellow blog: COVID-19, challenges and opportunities in Lao PDR

In this blog, Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Fellow Dilip Hensman reflects on how COVID-19 surveillance challenges could be turned into opportunities.