ReviewLancet (London, England)2015
Civil registration and vital statistics: progress in the data revolution for counting and accountability.
Review in Lancet (London, England), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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109 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The impact of economic sanctions on health and health systems in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.BMJ global health · 2023Pooled it
- Birth and death notification via mobile devices: a mixed methods systematic review.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Evaluation of approaches to strengthen civil registration and vital statistics systems: A systematic review and synthesis of policies in 25 countries.PLoS medicine · 2019Pooled it
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- The acceptability of minimally invasive tissue sampling for cause of death determination in rural South Africa: A qualitative analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Structural, economic, and socio-cultural barriers to birth and death registration in Iran: a qualitative study.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Spatially varying relationships between birth registration and influencing factors in Kenya, using a suite of geographically weighted regressions.Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology · 2025Article
- Accounting for stillbirths in maternal health metrics: a cross-country analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Process and Methodological Considerations for Observational Analyses of Vector Control Interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa Using Routine Malaria Data.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- From Policy to Practice: The Achievements, Challenges, and Outlook of Birth Registration in Ghana.International journal of pediatrics · 2025Review
- Accuracy of information on the underlying cause of death: An analysis in Colombia during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Strengthening Cause of Death Statistics in Selected Districts of 3 States in India: Protocol for an Uncontrolled, Before-After, Mixed Method Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
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Abstract
New momentum for civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) is building, driven by the confluence of growing demands for accountability and results in health, improved equity, and rights-based approaches to development challenges, and by the immense potential of innovation and new technologies to accelerate CRVS improvement. Examples of country successes in strengthening of hitherto weak systems are emerging. The key to success has been to build collaborative partnerships involving local ownership by several sectors that span registration, justice, health, statistics, and civil society. Regional partners can be important to raise awareness, set regional goals and targets, foster country-to-country exchange and mutual learning, and build high-level political commitment. These regional partners continue to provide a platform through which country stakeholders, development partners, and technical experts can share experiences, develop and document good practices, and propose innovative approaches to tackle CRVS challenges. This country and regional momentum would benefit from global leadership, commitment, and support.
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