Pacific Island countries get boost in health data with ICD-11 centre
Population Dashboard for all Pacific Island Countries and Territories now available on Pacific Data Hub
Photo: Women from Nguna Island, Vanuatu - Credit: UN Women Asia and the Pacific/ Nicky Kuautonga/ Flickr
Stat of the week: In Papua New Guinea only 13.4% of children aged under 5 had their birth registered with a civil authority
Birth registration is the first step toward legal identification and a foundation for human rights.
While many Pacific Island countries are achieving birth registration rates of 85% or higher, in Papua New Guinea only 13.4% of children aged under 5 had…
Meet David Abbott, Manager - Data Analysis and Dissemination at SPC, discussing SPC’s Role in Supporting Improvements in CRVS in the Pacific
Photo credit: Imagicity, Graham Crumb - Family in Port Vila, Vanuatu
SPC concludes its term as Chair of the Global Civil Registration and Vital Statistics after challenging year
On 8th of March 2021, SPC concluded its responsibilities as Chair of the Global Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Group for 2020-2021. The term was marked by the impact of COVID-19, which created unique challenges globally. Nevertheless,…
Stat of the week: Birth registration in Tonga
97.7%: Tonga maintains near universal birth registration, as confirmed by results from their latest Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS).
Check out the survey on SPC's Statistics for Development website here.
SPC Elected as Chair of the Global Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Group for 2020-21
The Statistics for Development Division is proud to announce that SPC has been elected unanimously as the Chair of the Global Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Group at a side event of the 2020 UN statistical Commission meeting in New York. SPC was…
Pacific Islands Regional Meeting on CRVS
The Brisbane Accord Group in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division convened a Regional Meeting on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics for the Pacific Islands, from 22 to 25 February 2016. The meeting will be hosted by the Pacific…
DARW workshop for Civil Registration based Vital Statistics, 2016
The Brisbane Accord Group (BAG) under the leadership of the Pacific Community (SPC), the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), UNICEF, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics, is conducting a data analysis and report-writing…