Strategic objectives
1.3: Harmonize civil
registration practices in
Africa with international
standards
2.1: Improve availability
of vital statistics based on
civil registration
including cause of death
2.2: Harmonize vital
statistics production from
civil registration through
standards, concepts and
methods
2.3: Promote the use of
vital statistics from civil
registration
Expected outputs
Country civil
registration practices
are standardized in line
with international
principles and practices
Countries publish
annual vital statistics on
birth, death, marriage,
divorce and cause of
death based on civil
registration
Countries produce vital
statistics in line with
international standards,
concepts and methods
Increased use of vital
statistics produced from
civil registration system
Indicators
Number of countries that achieved expected
progress in cause-of-death information
recording13
Number of countries with civil registration
practices in line with international principles and
practices15
Number of countries publishing annual statistics
on birth from civil registration
Number of countries publishing annual statistics
on death from civil registration
Number of countries publishing annual cause-ofdeath statistics from civil registration
Number of countries publishing annual statistics
on marriages from civil registration
Number of countries publishing annual statistics
on divorces from civil registration
Number of countries applying international
standards, concepts and methods to the
production of vital statistics from civil
registration16
Number of countries using vital statistics from
civil registration to produce population estimates
and projections
Baseline
2016
Target
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
714
7
8
10
12
15
215
2
6
14
25
40
1515
15
18
23
31
40
1515
15
18
23
31
40
715
7
10
17
27
40
1015
10
13
19
28
40
615
6
9
16
26
40
215
2
6
14
25
40
1015
10
12
16
22
30
13
Calculated as the number of countries for which cause-of-death completeness and quality data are available.
The source for the baseline data on completeness and quality of cause-of-death recording is World Health Organization, World Health Statistics 2017: Monitoring health for
the SDGs. Available at http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/255336/1/9789241565486-eng.pdf?ua=1.
15
The minimum criteria are specified in annex V to the strategic plan.
16
The minimum criteria are specified in annex VI to the strategic plan.
14
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