Completeness of death registration in India: national and sub-national estimates

From February to March 2020, Jayanta Kumar Basu from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in India undertook a Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Fellowship through the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health (D4H) Initiative at the University of Melbourne (UoM), estimating the completeness of death registration in India at the national and sub-national levels. This profile documents Jayanta’s personal experiences and outcomes and the broader impact his Fellowship might have on improving the quality of mortality data in India.

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CRVS Fellowship Reports and Profiles

The Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health (D4H) Initiative’s CRVS Fellowship Program at the University of Melbourne (UoM) provided fellows with an in-depth participatory learning and knowledge sharing opportunity to work with a country on their CRVS initiatives. These reports are written by...

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Domains
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
Resource Type
Report
Topics
data completeness
data quality
death registration
Country
India
Language
English
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