Country Impact Stories

The Kaliganj Model: Making Birth and Death Registration Everyone’s Job

A scalable approach transformed civil registration into a shared responsibility across sectors, proving that CRVS is about more than databases; it’s about connecting systems to people’s everyday lives.

Turning Death Data into Lifesaving Insights: Preventing Cholera Deaths in Zambia

Introducing and scaling verbal autopsies turned death data into a cholera map enabling targeted interventions that cut fatalities and strengthened outbreak response.

How Rwanda’s Digital Civil Registration Reform is Transforming Health Policies and Outcomes

By expanding cancer screenings to even the most remote areas, Rwanda shows how complete, timely and accurate cause of death data can shape lifesaving health policies.

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