Program Overview

In Rwanda, complex CRVS regulations and registration procedures have hindered the access and expansion of the civil registration and vital statistics system to cover more of the country’s population.

Shanghai has an advanced system for birth and death registration. All births and approximately two-thirds of deaths occur in health facilities, and by law, all births and deaths must be registered.

Sri Lanka has a mature and well-established, though largely paper-based, CRVS system dating back about 150 years.

Under the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative, the Government of Tanzania has strengthened core aspects of the national CRVS system.

More than 93,000 people died of drug overdoses in 2020, the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a single year in the United States.

Vital Strategies partners with governments around the world, providing data and technical expertise that inform air quality policies. Our program also empowers clinicians and the public to demand cleaner air.

To reduce the number of exposed and poisoned children, Vital Strategies works with governments to identify areas of concern and prioritize prevention efforts.

Vital Strategies’ Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Program collaborates with governments to count every human life and death and ensure high-quality cause of death data are available to policy makers.

As a partner in the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, Vital Strategies is working toward saving 100 million lives across the world from tobacco-related mortality.

Vital Strategies successfully completed implementation of the USAID-funded TREAT TB project, aimed at supporting research to optimize the effectiveness of TB diagnosis and treatment.