Tanzania pushes CRVS-ID integration as birth registration becomes a DPI layer
Tanzania is stepping up efforts to link its civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system with the national identity database,…
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Birth registration emerges as foundation for digital public infrastructure
Governments and development partners are increasingly pushing to make birth registration and vital statistics (CRVS) a foundational layer of digital…
Sri Lanka advances DPI plans with UNDP, development partners
Sri Lanka is advancing its digital public infrastructure (DPI) agenda through discussions with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and…
Digital reforms, incentives drive birth registration gains in Tajikistan, Philippines and Uganda
There is progress in global efforts to reduce the phenomenon of invisibility as countries march towards the target of SDG…
Kenya rolls out digital birth notification system tied to national ID reforms
Kenya is rolling out a digital birth notification system designed to automatically connect hospitals with the country’s civil registration and…
Cabo Verde’s CRVS-ID reforms drive near-universal birth registration
Cabo Verde has increased birth registration to 99 percent within five years after linking its civil registration and national identity…
Digital health systems keep failing. The fix isn’t more tech, it’s designing with and for people
By Lara Tabac and Carlie Congdon of Vital Strategies Governments around the world are pouring resources into digital health and…
Somalia rolls out digital CRVS system on foundations laid with UNICEF support
The government of Somalia has announced the launch of a system that will allow civil status events like births, deaths…
Zambia sees civil registration as bedrock of inclusive digital transformation
Zambia’s Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Jack Mwiimbu, has explained why the government of the Southern African nation…
APAC governments commit to closing CRVS gap by 2030
Governments of Asian and Pacific nations have committed to improving the coverage of their birth registration, civil registration and vital…
