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'''CRVS (Civil Registration and Vital Statistic)''' are governmental solutions to declare and record citizen [[Social:Vital statistics (government records)|vital statistics]] in a [[Centralized database|centralized database]]. 

The CRVS System is defined by [[Organization:World Health Organization|World Health Organization]] as "A well-functioning civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system registers all births and deaths, issues birth and death certificates, and compiles and disseminates vital statistics, including cause of death information. It may also record marriages and divorces."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.who.int/healthinfo/civil_registration/en/|title=Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS)|last=|first=|date=|website=World health Organization|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

Originally, the civil status or [[Vital record|vital record]] are registered at a local level in a civil registry. Most off the time at the city or county level. The main problem with this traditional method to proceed is that the [[Social:Vital statistics (government records)|vital statistics]] are stored in a decentralized database. The limitation of this kind of system is the lack of coherence between data and reality plus the impossibility to verify te veracity of such data.

In the era of [[Big data|big data]] veracity is a must. The increasing capability of technologies and the speed of telecommunication have led to the first initiatives of centralized system in the early 21st century.

== Initiatives ==

=== Non Governmental Initiatives  ===

====  Monitoring Of Vital Events (MOVE-IT) - World Health Organization ====
[http://www.who.int/healthinfo/civil_registration/move_it/en/ MOVE-IT] is a non governmental program led by the [[Organization:World Health Organization|World Health Organization]] that aimed to improve the monitoring of [[Vital record|vital record]]. Since 2008, the [[Organization:Health Metrics Network|Health Metrics Network]] (HMN) started innovative projects using [[Engineering:Information technology|information technologies]] across the world (about 20 projects) with one common goal, improving CRVS System.<ref>{{cite web|title=Move it:Report on Monitoring of Vital Events using Information Technology|url=http://www.who.int/healthinfo/civil_registration/crvs_report_it_2013.pdf|publisher=World Health Organization}}</ref>

==== iCivil Africa ====
[[Icivil|iCivil Africa]] is a new technology start up created by Mr. Adama Sawadogo which purpose is to end the problem of "ghost" children. iCivil's target is to register all new born. The first pilot project have started in 2015 in Burkina Faso<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sophie|first1=Morlin-Yron|title=New technology could help 230 million 'ghost' children|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/01/africa/birth-registration-system-burkina-faso/index.html|publisher=CNN}}</ref>.

iCivil CRVS System is the combination of a mobile based application that uses the [[SMS]] network and a unique bubble seal bracelet for newborn. “What makes this system so special is that uses a bubble tagging technology,” stated Mr. Sawadogo to Mr. Rawlson King during ID4Africa forum. <ref>{{cite web|last1=Rawlson King|title=iCivil promises much needed birth registration in Africa|url=http://www.biometricupdate.com/201608/icivil-promises-much-needed-birth-registration-in-africa|website=BIOMETRIC UPDATE|publisher=BIOMETRIC UPDATE}}</ref>

The bubble seal bracelet for new born is based on a chaosmetric technology that gives it physical properties of uniqueness, immutability and impossible to reproduce. This technology is called the bubble tag. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://burkina24.com/2017/04/10/modernisation-de-leconomie-burkinabe-zoom-sur-la-technologie-chaosmetrique/|title=Zoom on the chaometric technology|last=|first=|date=2017|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

=== Governmental Initiatives ===

==== Rwanda: Civil Registration and Vital Statitics (CRVS) systems ====
[http://www.statistics.gov.rw/publication/rwanda-civil-registration-and-vital-statitics-crvs-systems-0 Rwanda CRVS Systems] is in line with the program of development of the country which target is to define an action plan.

==== Oman: Civil Status Mobile Registration Unit ====
Civil Status Mobile Registration Unit in Oman is a centralized digital CRVS System that aim to improve the life of their citizen in facilitating access to information.

==== New Zealand: SmartStart program ====
The [https://smartstart.services.govt.nz/ SmartStart] program is an online platform of services that helps parents along the birth registration process

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