1. SHARING EXPERIENCE- COUNTRY LEVEL CRVS &ASSD
KENYA
TUNIS
2-4TH NOVEMBER 2016

2. OUTLINE
BACKGROUND
ACHIEVEMENTS
CHALLENGES
WAY FOWARD

3. BACKGROUND
Despite Kenya’s registration of Vital events dating back to 1960, Compiling of Vital statistics remained undone till 2010, after Dares Salaam ASSD meeting.
Although it was well know that the CRVS systems were weak, nobody knew the current status
Ministers in charge of CRVS had no legal commitment to changing the situation
CRVS stakeholders had weak collaboration
Existed no report to show any information on vital events
CRVS documents had no demand to the public
There existed no legal framework to compile Vital Statistics
CRVS operations were all manual
Cause of death certification all depended on lay-reporting

4. ACHIEVEMENTS THROUGH ASSD
Conducted a Comprehensive CRVS Assessment Survey
provided information to enabling the Civil Registration Department (CRD) align its Strategic Plan ( ) with identified focus areas
provide the government with information regarding the status of CRVS in the country as part of the African Ministers responsible for civil registration effort to improve civil registration
Formed a CRVS Technical Working Group
Improved collaboration of stakeholders
Developed the CRVS strategic plan highlighting all the areas to be improved.

5. Achievements cont’
Started the production of Annual Vital Statistics Report
Produced in every February each year
One source of vital statistics
Providing the recommended methodology of compiling CRVS
Sensitized the Ministers in charge of CR on importance of CRVS

6. CHALLENGES Lack of learning experience from other countries
Lack of collaborative efforts
Manual operation of the system at County Registration offices
Vital registration events handled by different Ministries e.g Births and deaths in Ministry of Interior while Marriages in Attorney General’s Chamber
Strong cultural beliefs against vital registration
Limited Government budgetary allocations to vital registration

7. SUGESTED STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING CRVS
Establish and strengthen the M&E system
Improve registration through Modern Technology e.g use of mobile registration
Benchmarking of best practices on CR from other Countries
To build capacity of the registration agents on the importance of data capture of all prescribed particulars in the birth and death registers
To institute mechanisms to review quality of data at various levels

8. SUGESTED STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING CRVS CONT’D
Partnership and networking
Engagement with the county government
Digitization of manual records and automation of processes
Sensitization campaigns and awareness on the re- registration exercise
Enhance civil registrars’ capacity to monitor data collection and submission
To build capacity for certification and coding of cause of death
To improve reporting of cause of death occurring within the community

9. THANK YOU