The state of data collection, compilation and publication in Sierra Leone is in dire need of reform and improvement. Methods and practices of data collection in respect of both civil and vital registration systems have to ...

The principal aim of a civil registration system is to register all vital events occurring in a country on a continuing basis. Indeed, the system has been defined as "the continuous, permanent, compulsory recording of the ...

This document focuses on mission report to statistics department ministry of finance and economic planning, government of Uganda. The major component comprised of activities organized by Institute of statistics and Applied ...

The registration of births and deaths is not a new concept in Africa. In 28 out of the 36 countries on the African continent, civil registration systems have been in existence for more than 50 years (see Annex I). In 8 of ...

South Africa is located at the southern point of the continent of Africa and encloses the sovereign kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland. Flanking the country in the north are, from east to west: Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana ...

Civil registration in Namibia is carried out by the Department of Civic Affairs in the Ministry of Home Affairs while the vital statistics are compiled by the Central Statistics Office under the National Planning Commission. ...

Interest in the efficiency and improvement of civil registration system surfaced, in the African region, during the 1970's. The central focus of this interest was, and continues to be, how to ensure that the system would ...

The principal aim of a civil registration system is to register all vital events occurring in a country on a continuing basis. Indeed, the system has been defined as "the continuous, permanent, compulsory recording of the ...

There are laws in virtually every country for the registration of vital events. These registered events provide prima facie evidence of the facts about the event and about the relationship between placed in a permanent ...