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Knowing how many people are dying and where they are is essential to tracking the virus’ spread and determining its impact. While this sounds simple, COVID-19 has exposed deep and pervasive gaps in death registration systems in Asia and the Pacific, especially in low-income countries. This seventh session of the Stats Café will look at how deaths, including causes of death, are being monitored and reported during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether it involved changes to the health information system. The session will also discuss how the information about deaths and causes of death is being shared with the civil registration authorities and used for the production of vital statistics.
Panelists:
- Lauren Moran, Assistant Director, Mortality Data Centre Health and Vital Statistics Section, Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Nandalal Wijesekera, Head, Department of Public Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Workforce Development, National Institute of Health Sciences, Sri Lanka
- Doris Ma Fat, Statistician, Department of Data and Analytics, WHO
- Mark Landry, Regional Adviser for health information systems, WHO SEARO
- David Rausis, Associate Statistician, Statistics Division, ESCAP
Opening: Gemma Van Halderen, Director of Statistics Division, ESCAP
Date: 23 July 2020
Time: 12:00 – 13:00 Bangkok time
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