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OpenCRVS & DHIS2
Connecting health and civil registration systems to ensure every birth and death is formally registered, providing legal identity and enabling timely service delivery, accurate statistics, and a foundation for trusted digital identity, through seamless data exchange between DHIS2 and OpenCRVS.
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About OpenCRVS
OpenCRVS is an open-source digital civil registration platform designed to support governments to register births, deaths, and other vital events at national scale. It enables continuous, secure, and interoperable recording of life events, forming a foundational component of digital public infrastructure.
The platform is designed for flexibility and country ownership, supporting configuration to local laws, processes, and administrative structures. It provides secure registration and certification workflows, with strong auditability and role-based access controls.
OpenCRVS supports modern digital outputs, including both traditional certificates and emerging verifiable credentials, allowing individuals to securely prove identity and life events across services.
OpenCRVS is a Strategic DHIS2 Technology Partner.
DHIS2 use case
Health systems such as DHIS2 are a critical source of real-time information on life events occurring in health facilities.
Through integration, DHIS2 can send event-based notifications (for example, births and deaths) directly to OpenCRVS via APIs. These notifications initiate civil registration workflows, enabling registration agents to follow up, verify, and formally register the event.
This creates a seamless pathway from event occurrence in the health system to legal registration in the civil registration system, improving completeness, timeliness, and service delivery.
In addition, outputs from OpenCRVS, such as registered events or aggregated statistics, can complement DHIS2 data for health planning, reporting, and monitoring.
Looking forward, the integration enables new opportunities, including the use of verifiable birth credentials to support continuity of care, such as linking individuals to vaccination or other health services.
Real-world example
OpenCRVS has been implemented in multiple country contexts across Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, supporting governments to digitise and strengthen civil registration systems. There are currently live deployments in Somalia, Madagascar, Burkina Faso, Philippines, Tonga, Niue and the Cook Islands, with more implementations on the way.
In these contexts, integration with health systems is a key priority, particularly to ensure that births and deaths occurring in facilities are systematically notified and registered.