1. Disasters, CRVS and the importance of statistics, health and privacy
Pacific Civil Registrars
Disaster Preparation and Response Workshop
2-4 October 2017, Suva, Fiji

2. Current CRVS status in Asia and the Pacific
Far from universal birth registration, in particular among vulnerable groups
ID systems are sometimes being implemented in parallel
Low rates of death registration
Only a few countries have complete data on causes of death
Vital statistics is rarely produced based on CR data
So in order for CRVS to be useful in DRR, systems need improvements

5. Knowing who is affected
National disaster management agency rely on multiple sources of information on where people live
Registration data/population registers
Census data
Other administrative data
Other surveys
Needed for planning response and disaster risk analysis
Importance of strengthening existing systems instead of creating new parallel systems (that ALSO need updating)
Benefits of CRVS if well functioning –continuous, up to date
Census every 10 years
Specialised surveys may be even less frequent
Having a complete picture of where people live can help determine populations/socioeconomic vulnerabilities of populations most at risk.

6. WHO are the dataholders?
Micro level data on individuals requires a large focus on privacy
Who protects the data?
Who has access, why and when?

7. Statistics on vital events
Usual source of quick counts of deaths or missing after a disaster occurrence is the national disaster management agency
Implications for registration of events –needed more during disasters –are procedures in place to upscale when the need arise ?
Who is responsible for the official numbers? How are these cross checked?
An interesting of bullet point two is after the Nepal earthquake in 2015, the number of children trafficked increased substantially. Registration can help ensure that the most vulnerable are protected.

8. Health indicators and disasters
Who determines the cause of deaths during disasters and how is this verified, legalized?
ICD-10 cannot be used for identifying disaster related deaths unless other information is added
But dramatic changes from baselines following disasters can be identified (i.e. deaths from measles)

9. Improving statistics on disasters
The Disaster-Related Statistics Framework (DRSF) is currently being developed by an expert group led by ESCAP
Reporting template was needed by

10. DRAFT OUTLINE of the The Disaster-Related Statistics Framework
1) Introduction
Executive Summary
Scope and Coverage of DRSF
The need, objectives of international methodological Guidance
Stock-taking & relationships with other frameworks
2) Main concepts and related frameworks
Identifying and counting disaster occurrences and magnitude
Disaster Risk
Material Impacts and Economic Loss
Affected Population
Disaster risk reduction activities
3) Statistical Classifications and Definitions in DRSF
Hazard type
Direct material impacts classification
Disaster risk reduction characteristic activities
4) Principles for Implementation
Statistical coordination, Metadata and Dissemination
5) DRSF Data Items: Basic Range of Disaster related statistics
6) Data Sources and Strategy for Data Collection
7) Research Agenda
8) Annex of references, links to good practices, …etc.

11. Want to know more?
Ministerial Declaration and Regional Action Framework
Overview of the current situation in Asia and the Pacific
Asia-Pacific Expert Group on Disaster Related Statistics

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