The 'Ten CRVS Milestones' framework for understanding Civil Registration and Vital Statistics systems

Daniel Cobos Muñoz^{1

2}, Carla Abouzahr³, Don de Savigny^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Epidemilogy and Public Health Department, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
² University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
³ CAZ Consulting, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Global Burden of Disease Group, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Daniel Cobos Muñoz et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2018.

. 2018 Mar 25;3(2):e000673.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000673. eCollection 2018.

Daniel Cobos Muñoz^{1

2}, Carla Abouzahr³, Don de Savigny^{1

2

4}

¹ Epidemilogy and Public Health Department, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
² University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
³ CAZ Consulting, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁴ Global Burden of Disease Group, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: health policies and all other topics; health systems; health systems evaluation.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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