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1.INDEPTH
welcomes 4 new members!
The
Executive Director recently extended a hearty welcome to the following new
members whose applications for full membership received an overall positive
review by the Board of Trustees. The sites have in turn accepted the offer
of membership. Brief site introductions of the new members
have been
posted on the web.
a)
Chililab
DSS, Vietnam
b)
Wosera
DSS, Papua New Guinea
c)
Ballabgarh DSS, India
d)
Karonga DSS, Malawi
2.
INDEPTH
Cause of Death/MTIMBA meeting ends in Ho, Ghana.
The
INDEPTH Cause of Death Working Group and the MTIMBA group concluded a
successful 3-day meeting on
23rd
October, 2003
in the Ghanaian city of
Ho
to deliberate on cross-site cause of death data collection and analysis and
plan for the future. 15 participants attended from the following INDEPTH
sites: Rakai, Kisumu, Africa Centre, Ifakara and Rufiji. Others were from
WHO/RBM, WHO/TDR and CDC, Atlanta, as well as Prof. Fred Binka (INDEPTH
Secretariat).
3.
INDEPTH
Analysis Workshop ends in Nairobi, Kenya.
An
INDEPTH Analysis workshop (27-31 October) on Multilevel Modeling for
DSS and Cross-sectional survey data has successfully ended in Nairobi, Kenya
with 17 INDEPTH sites participating. For the INDEPTH Analysis Working Group,
the organisation of the workshop was led by Dr. Eliya Zulu of the African
Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC, which operates Nairobi DSS).
APHRC hosted the workshop.
The main
objectives of the workshop were to:
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Provide a practical introduction to multilevel modelling for demographic
surveillance data and cross-sectional survey data.
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Enable participants to analyse their own hierarchical data using relevant
software.
The
course was designed primarily for researches in DSS sites who are involved
in the analysis of DSS data. Participants were instructed in multilevel
modeling concepts and analysis using the MLwiN software.
4.
INDEPTH
Adult Health and Aging Workshop ends in Johannesburg, South Africa.
An
INDEPTH Adult Health and Aging - Building the INDEPTH Platform workshop was
held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 29th October to 1st
November. The workshop was hosted by the Agincourt Health and Population
Unit, Health and Population Division, School of Public Health, Faculty of
Health Sciences,
University
of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
For the
INDEPTH Adult Health and Aging Group, the workshop was organised by Steve
Tollman (Agincourt), Peter Byass (Butajira), Kathy Kahn and Dereshni
Ramnarain (Agincourt), Jane Doherty (consultant).
The
objectives of the workshop were to:
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Take
stock of ongoing work in Adult Health and Aging at INDEPTH sites, through
site presentations and a Network audit
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Work
with an expert team to develop promising research directions and plan for
development of a multi-site grant proposal
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Formulat core and optional ‘INDEPTH Adult Health modules’ for rapid
introduction into a sub-group of INDEPTH sites – and potential extension
across the Network.
The Goal
of the INDEPTH Adult Health initiative is:
“To
establish INDEPTH’s capability to contribute critical insights into the
adult health, aging and disease transitions evolving in Africa and Asia, and
to use this understanding to evaluate interventions of potentially high
impact”
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