Issue paper: innovation and civil registration and vital statistics digitization
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United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;World Health Organization;
African Union Commission;
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund;
United Nations Population Fund;
United Nations. High Commissioner for Human Rights;
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Information and communications technology (ICT) has the potential to provide trans-formative improvements in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems based on its ability to extend registration coverage, standardize and streamline CRVS processes, integrate data from multiple systems and securely store data at scale, all in a cost-effective way. If properly employed, ICTs can make a significant contribution towards achieving the universal registration of vital events, providing legal documentation of civil registration as necessary to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights; and producing accurate, complete and timely vital statistics.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; World Health Organization; African Union Commission; United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund; United Nations Population Fund; United Nations. High Commissioner for Human Rights (2017-12). Issue paper: innovation and civil registration and vital statistics digitization. UN. ECA Conference of African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration Experts meeting (4th: 2017, Dec. 04-08: Nouakchott, Mauritania). Addis Ababa. © UN. ECA. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/24050”Conference
UN. ECA Conference of African Ministers responsible for Civil Registration Experts meeting (4th: 2017, Dec. 04-08: Nouakchott, Mauritania)Collections
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