Recent News

Monitoring and measuring population health

March 21, 2024
Accurate medical certification is important for understanding the health status of a population.

Mashall Islands Workshop to Strengthen CRVS

March 15, 2024
Countries need accurate, reliable mortality data to monitor population health and guide public health decision-making. As well as to complete Voluntary National Reviews of the SDG targets and Healthy Islands Monitoring Framework (HIMF) indicators.

Decadal characteristics of small-scale fishing livelihoods in 13 PICTs

March 1, 2024
Small-scale fisheries are cornerstones of wealth, food, and tradition for people throughout the Pacific region.

PNG CRVS Action Plan (2023-2025)

February 20, 2024
The PNG CRVS Committee, in partnership with the Pacific Community (SPC), has a new comprehensive CRVS Action Plan (2023-2025), with the goal of an immediate increase in birth and death registration rates, ensuring legal identity for all citizens.

Climate Change and Natural Disasters Sourcebook

December 1, 2023
SPC has published a Climate Change and Natural Disasters Sourcebook.

New Tonga Vital Statistics Reports

November 28, 2023
The Tonga National CRVS Committee has now endorsed for release their 2018-2020 Vital Statistics Report.

Assessing Inequalities in Registration of Births and Deaths in Fiji

November 11, 2023
Fiji is the first country, to our knowledge, to embark upon an in-depth quantitative inequality assessment,
examining differentials by sex, age, ethnicity, and mother’s marital status.

Niue is the first country in the world to fully implement the OpenCRVS software

November 9, 2023
A new digital civil registration and vital statistics system (CRVS) became available in Niue today, 9 November 2023.