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1st September, 2011
Workshop On Health Situation Of Women And Children Held In Sunyani
A workshop to prepare people for a survey to assess the health situation of women and children in the country was opened here on Tuesday by the Deputy Government Statistician, Dr. Philomena Nyarko.
The survey, known as the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) will, besides assessing the current level of knowledge and behavioural indicators regarding HIV/AIDS and malaria, also help to improve data and monitoring systems in the country and strengthen technical expertise in the design, implementation, and analysis of such systems.
According to Dr. Nyarko, the survey would help identify the needed data for monitoring progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and also provide indicators to measure malaria and anaemia in children under five years.
She said to implement successful the survey about 16o field personnel who had been recruited would be taken through the concepts and procedures to be used in gathering the required information on the field.
Dr. Nyarko urged the participants to take their lessons seriously to enable the Statistical Service get accurate results from the survey.
Madam Jane Mwangi, a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist with UNICEF also encouraged the participants to aim at collecting reliable data that would enable the government and UNICEF and other partners to develop appropriate strategies and programmes to address issues confronting children and women in the country.
The survey, known as the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) will, besides assessing the current level of knowledge and behavioural indicators regarding HIV/AIDS and malaria, also help to improve data and monitoring systems in the country and strengthen technical expertise in the design, implementation, and analysis of such systems.
According to Dr. Nyarko, the survey would help identify the needed data for monitoring progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and also provide indicators to measure malaria and anaemia in children under five years.
She said to implement successful the survey about 16o field personnel who had been recruited would be taken through the concepts and procedures to be used in gathering the required information on the field.
Dr. Nyarko urged the participants to take their lessons seriously to enable the Statistical Service get accurate results from the survey.
Madam Jane Mwangi, a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist with UNICEF also encouraged the participants to aim at collecting reliable data that would enable the government and UNICEF and other partners to develop appropriate strategies and programmes to address issues confronting children and women in the country.
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