Mark Landry of the WHO Regional Office of the Western Pacific gave a presentation at the Global Summit on CRVS in Bangkok, Thailand from April 18-19, 2013. He discussed electronic and mobile civil registration and vital statistics (e/mCRVS) solutions and planning decisions for defining frameworks and objectives. Landry also described the HMN MoVE-IT program which develops standards and tools to improve data collection, transfer, analysis and dissemination for vital events monitoring. Finally, he mentioned an upcoming study from the University of Oslo on a systematic review of e/mCRVS interventions and approaches.

1. The Global Summit on CRVS – Bangkok, Thailand | 18 – 19 April 20131 |
Systematic review of
eCRVS and mCRVS
Mr Mark Landry
Health Information Technical Officer
World Health Organization, Regional Office of the Western Pacific

2. The Global Summit on CRVS – Bangkok, Thailand | 18 – 19 April 20132 |
eCRVS and mCRVS solutions

3. The Global Summit on CRVS – Bangkok, Thailand | 18 – 19 April 20133 |
eCRVS Planning Decisions
 Define the framework for CRVS
 Define the “unique key” to be
used
 Define the objectives and
purpose
 Establish the organisation that will
establish, operate, maintain
CRVS solution
 Decide an overall development
strategy
 Determine hardware
configuration and procurement
United Nations Statistics
Division (1998), “Handbook
on CRVS: Computerisation”
 Inviting external contracts
(analysis of alternatives)
 Choosing a conversion or
initialization strategy
 Identify requirements for system
functionality
Practical advice but accelerated
innovation has increased options
and solutions dramatically.

4. The Global Summit on CRVS – Bangkok, Thailand | 18 – 19 April 20134 |
HMN Monitoring of Vital Events Using IT-
Enhanced Solutions (MoVE-IT)
 Develops standards and tools to accelerate data
collection and transfer, and facilitates data analysis,
sharing and dissemination
 Mobilizes high-level advocacy for policy and
institutional support at country, regional and global
levels
 Supports country efforts to improve civil registration and
vital statistics systems and generates evidence of what
works

5. The Global Summit on CRVS – Bangkok, Thailand | 18 – 19 April 20135 |
Systematic e/mCRVS Review
*New* HMN-commissioned study
by University of Oslo (May release)
Majority of e/mCRVS interventions
captured are related to births
New technology can be added for
CR only, providing VS functioning
through an existing data warehouse
Link e/mCRVS to other systems
defined within an architecture
approach

6. The Global Summit on CRVS – Bangkok, Thailand | 18 – 19 April 20136 |
Thank You
Mr Mark Landry
Health Information Technical Officer
World Health Organization, Regional Office of the Western Pacific

7. The Global Summit on CRVS – Bangkok, Thailand | 18 – 19 April 20136 |
Thank You
Mr Mark Landry
Health Information Technical Officer
World Health Organization, Regional Office of the Western Pacific