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TECHNICAL MEETING FOR DATA MANAGERS 7 JUNE – 11 JUNE GHANA
Call for participation from INDEPTH sites Report
BACKGROUND
The INDEPTH Secretariat encounters a lot of difficulties getting data from DSS sites for network level activities. Even though DSS sites generate and store large volumes of data, it is so difficult to get anything out of them.Data Managers have to grapple with difficulties caused by a multiplicity of factors:
- Technological Constraints - Human Resource Constraints - Absence of effective support network for database systems used in DSS sites
These sentiments have been raised in various INDEPTH for a including AGM2003 and the recent SQL meeting held in South Africa. Meanwhile, skills and expertise exist within the network that can be harnessed to the benefit of more member sites.
This meeting will provide a forum that will facilitate sharing of experiences, solutions, and other related issues to ensure that the data is readily provided for network-level activities.
OBJECTIVE The objectives of this meeting are to:
i.Bring together Data Managers from all sites to discuss difficulties they encounter in data management within the sites. ii.Improve communication between and among Data Managers iii.Improve communication the Secretariat and Data Managers iv.Strengthen and share good practices among INDEPTH sites v.Discuss the promotion of site visibility and information dissemination through websites. vi.Improve technical expertise in data extraction for analysis. a. Understanding the fundamentals of an RDB and most importantly how to design add-ons to an existing b. The use of STATA to build work files for mortality and fertility analysis. c. Using SQL for data extraction and analysis
EXPECTED OUTCOME i.Identify common problems encountered by Data Managers in INDEPTH DSS sites. ii. Identify common capacity development initiatives required for INDEPTH sites. iii.Improved skills in data extraction and analysis of longitudinal data. v.Outline a strategy that will enable the INDEPTH Secretariat provide effective assistance to such problems through the INDEPTH Data Systems Group and other sources of expertise. This would include the formation of “Expert Groups” within the Network to address problems in specific areas.
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