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Official URL: http://acsa.afrika/standard/ImplementationGuide/crvs.ig				Version: 0.1.0
Active as of 2025-03-28				Computable Name: CRVSIG

Digital Principle and Data Standard for CRVS Systems

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF L3 containing L2 information

THIS IS NOT FHIR, it only use the same tooling which are efficient

It was drafted following a workshop organized in Kigali in February 2025 and looking at the DCI standard.

Context

The African e-CRVS Shared Asset (ACSA) initiative aims at putting in place guidance for integrated and harmonized digital Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (e-CRVS) system that will accelerate civil registration in Africa. The ACSA initiative is led by a Board of African countries with the support three development partners namely UNICEF, UNECA and Vital Strategies.

Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems record vital events—births, deaths, marriages, and other legally recognized events—providing individuals with legal identity and governments with essential data for planning and policy-making. Digitalization enhances the efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility of these systems, aligning them with modern governance needs. These Design Principles and Data Standards offers a comprehensive, standardized framework for designing and implementing digital CRVS systems, balancing international best practices with national contexts.

Purpose: To guide stakeholders in creating inclusive, secure, and sustainable digital CRVS solutions that meet the core principles of civil registration—compulsoriness, universality, continuity and permanence, and confidentiality—while addressing functional and operational requirements.

Principles and Data standard

​Link to Principles and Data standard Page

The principles page shows the principles of CRVS IT systems and different standard that might be required to follow for a successful implementation

Requirements:

​Link to Requirement Page

The Requirement page list the different requirement that could be asked for a CRVS IT systems

​Link to Checklist Page

The checklist page is another presentation of the requirement aiming to help implementer tracking their requirement fulfillment status

CRVS process

​Link to Process Page

The process page explain the expected condition when various resource define in the site are used and for which purpose

CRVS Events

The current focus is on

• Live Birth: Complete expulsion of a live infant, registered regardless of survival (WHO, 2010).
• Marriage: Legal union recognized by national laws, including registered partnerships where applicable.

Later on other CRVS event could be worked on

• Death: Permanent cessation of life post-birth, excluding foetal deaths (WHO, 2010).
• Foetal Death: Death before expulsion, distinguished from live births (WHO, 2010).
• Ruling: Includes:
  • Divorce: Legal dissolution of marriage.
  • Annulment: Voiding of marriage.
  • Separation: Disunion without remarriage rights.
  • Adoption: Legal recognition of a child as one’s own.
  • Legitimation: Granting wedlock status.
  • Recognition: Acknowledgment of paternity.

References

• UN Statistics Division. (2014). Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System. Link
• WHO. (2010). International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10). Definitions of vital events.
• UNICEF. (2017). Strengthening Birth Registration in Africa. Link
• BMJ Global Health. (2018). The ‘Ten CRVS Milestones’ Framework. Link

Credits

• ACSA Workshop Participants: reports from Groups 1 and 2.
• ACSA Partners and technical experts: UNECA, UNICEF, Vital Strategies, Swiss TPH