Interim Strategic Plan for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Timor-Leste

The following is an interim strategic plan developed based on the recommendations of the CRVS assessment carried out in Timor-Leste. The next steps involve an on the ground visit by WHO-SEARO consultant to finalize the strategic plan with consensus of national authorities. This activity is to be undertaken as part of the next APW of the SEARO consultant.

Top 5 priorities for CRVS in Timor-Leste: 1. Increasing coverage and completeness of death registration

a. Mobile registration b. Inclusion of the Church, death notification pre-burial c. Training and sensitization d. SISCa workers as notifiers of death

2. Better Cause of Death data: For both Institutional and Community

Deaths a. Complete medical records b. Training and enforcement of medically certified cause of death

in health facilities c. Verbal Autopsy pilot- linked to automated ICD-10 software

3. ICD-10 coding for cause-of-death data(medical records to begin with):

a. Training on ICD-10 for all medical record staff b. Automated ICD-10 pilot c. Coding of all MCCD at health facilities( or centrally at HMIS)

4. Generation and Publication of Vital Statistics for civil registration:

a. Data dissemination and data release procedure to NSD b. Plausibility and consistency checks c. Strict adherence to timelines

5. Inter-agency Steering Committee:

a. An overarching governance body, to ensure M&E, collaboration, coordination and enforcement of improvements of CRVS in TLS

b. Clearly articulated roles and responsibilities of all involved agencies

c. Enforcement of MOA already signed by 5 ministries

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