Due to unforeseen circumstances, the 4th Conference of African Ministers Responsible for Civil Registration has been postponed to October 2017. The new dates will be announced.
A workshop organized by Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative and Economic Commision for Africa on the use of business process mapping and enterprise architecture for strengthening of CRVS systems took place from 21 to 23 June 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda. It included participants in the Data for Health initiative (D4H) from countries throughout the Africa region and was facilitated by experts from (among others) D4H implementing partners – Vital Strategies, the University of Melbourne and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute.
A workshop on experience sharing on CRVS assessments and plans was organized jointly by UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and African Development Bank (AfDB) in Lusaka in collaboration with Government of the Republic of Zambia from 2 to 4 June 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia.
A workshop on development of a step-by-step guide on improvement of death registration and collection of cause-of-death information was organized jointly by Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and African Development Bank (AfDB) in Lusaka in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Zambia on 5 and 6 May 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia.
An Inter-regional Seminar to Exchange and Discuss Best Practices in CRVS from Africa, Asia and the Pacific was organized on 2 and 3 June 2016 jointly by Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
An Expert Group Meeting (EGM) to validate the draft Trainer’s Manual on the Production of Vital Statistics from Civil Registration Records was organized jointly by Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was held from 30 May to 1 June in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The experts attending the meeting reviewed the Trainer’s Manual developed jointly by the two Commissions and the also the draft of the Template for developing a vital statistics report being developed by Statistics Norway.
From 11 to 13 February 2016, a workshop on sharing of country experience in assessment and planning for the improvement of CRVS systems took place at Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
