Workshop on Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in SADC Region

1 - 5 December 2008, Blantyre, Malawi

 

List of documents

  DOCUMENTATION FOR THE WORKSHOP
  ESA/STAT/AC.171/L.1 Organization of Work
47 KB
  ESA/STAT/AC.171/L.2 List of participants
34 KB
  ESA/STAT/AC.171/L.3 Final report
369 KB
   
  PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Session 1. Registration

Session 2. Opening

Session 3. Vital Statistics and their sources

   - Presentation by UNSD
286 KB

Session 4. The need for the civil registration system

   - Presentation by UNSD

187 KB

Session 5. Civil registration system and its use for vital statistics

   - Presentation by UNSD
256 KB

Session 6. Integration and coordination in the civil registration and vital statistics system

   - Presentation by UNSD

184 KB

Session 7. Cause-of-death data collection through the civil registration system

   - Presentation by South Africa
4.8 MB

Session 8. Evaluating the completeness of the civil registration system

   - Presentation by UNSD

106 KB

Session 9. Civil registration and vital statistics system in SADC countries

   - Botswana
      • Presentation by Department of Civil and National Registration
74 KB
      • Presentation by Central Statistical Office
350 KB

   - Lesotho

      • Presentation by Ministry of Local Government and Chieftainship and Bureau of Statistics
358 KB

   - Madagascar

      • Presentation by Ministry of Justice
75 KB
      • Presentation by Institute National de la Statistique
42 KB
   - Malawi
      • Presentation by National Statistics Office
51 KB

   - Mauritius

      • Presentation by Registrar of Civil Status
322 KB
      • Presentation by Central Statistics Office
39 KB

   - Namibia

      • Presentation by Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration and Central Bureau of Statistics

492 KB

   - South Africa

      • Presentation by Statistics South Africa
1 MB

   - Swaziland

      • Presentation by Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Central Statistics Office

167 KB

   - Tanzania

      • Presentation by Registrar General's Office and Office of Chief Government Statistician
2.1 MB

   - Zambia

      • Presentation by National Registration, Passport and Citizenship Headquarters

224 KB

      • Presentation by Central Statistics Office

369 KB
   - Zimbabwe

      • Presentation by Registrar General's Department

65 KB

      • Presentation by Central Statistical Office

59 KB

Session 10. Compilation of vital statistics at international level

   - UNSD Presentation
380 KB

Session 11. Provider's presentation

Session 12. Group discussion

Session 13. Visit to the Malawi Department of Registrar General

Session 14. An overview of the SADC Statistics work programme

   - SADC presentation

96 KB

Session 15. Conclusions and recommendations

35 KB
   
  PRE-WORKSHOP ASSIGNMENTS
 
  For Statisticians      
 

    1. Questionnaire on sources and methods for vital statistics

95 KB
 

    2. Report outline

19 KB
  For Civil Registars    
 

    1. Questionnaire on national civil registration system

55 KB
 

    2. Report outline

19 KB
   
  BACKGROUND DOCUMENTATION
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Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 2, United Nations (2001)

1.2 MB
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Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems, United Nations (2002)

33.6 MB
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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Computerization, United Nations (1998)

7.8 MB
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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Developing Information, Education and Communication, United Nations (1998)

15.8 MB
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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Management, Operation and Maintenance, United Nations (1998)

22.2 MB
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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Policies and Protocols for the Release and Archiving of Individual Records (United Nations) (1998)

242 KB
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Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Preparation of a Legal Framework, United Nations (1998)

22.5 MB
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Handbook on the Collection of Fertility and Mortality Data, United Nations (2003)

1.4 MB
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Manual X Indirect Techniques for Demographic Estimation, United Nations (1983)

23.4 MB
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United Nations Demographic Yearbook (DYB) questionnaire on vital statistics