Description: The MAM-CoP secretariat is pleased to invite you to participate in the upcoming webinar. Title of the webinar: “Insights in Determining Causes of Death Amongst Adults using Verbal Autopsies”, Date: Monday 8 April 2024 Time: 08:00 – 09:00 am (New York time) (please click to check your time) Venue: Online via MS Teams Registration link: (Please register here) Once you have completed the registration process, a meeting link will be generated for you to access the webinar. For more details about the content and objectives of the webinar, please refer to the attached flyer.
Description: Persons with disabilities are one of the most marginalized and excluded groups in society and face countless barriers globally, yet lack of data on the barriers and enablers of persons with disabilities remains. One way to address this is the wider recognition of citizen-generated data, including data efforts led by organizations of persons with disabilities, to complement official statistics to address critical data gaps. This webinar will provide (1) an overview of citizen-generated data and stakeholder collaborations and (2) case studies on how organizations of persons with disabilities and allies have led data design, collection, management, and use to fill critical data gaps on the experiences of persons with disabilities to complement official statistics.
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: The main objective of this course is to offer theoretical overview of SHA Methodology, but also to give practical approach to build a health data questionnaire. The course will provide to the participants overview of current SHA requirements.
Target Audience: The course is targeted at statisticians working on health administrative data from National Statistical Institutes or Ministries of health/welfare.
Description: In this Global Network Webinar, Sophie Mitra of Fordham University and the Disability Data Initiative presented on the use of household surveys and population censuses to monitor the inequalities that affect persons with disabilities: recent evidence from the Disability Data Initiative. The speaker shared recent developments and highlighted research opportunities related to the situation of adults with disabilities worldwide. Based on recent results from the Disability Data Initiative, the webinar: (i) discussed various approaches to collect and analyze data on disability in household surveys and population censuses, in particular with respect to the types of questions used and how to analyze answer scales on severity; (ii) documented how and where questions on functional difficulties using the internationally tested Washington Group Short Set or similar questions have been adopted around the world; and (iii) presented results of analyses of Demographic and Health Survey and census data on whether persons with disabilities are being left behind in 15 countries. The webinar was attended by 44 colleagues from across the globe, including those from national statistical offices, UN resident coordinator offices, civil society, and academia. The recording is available on the Global Network. The Global Network of Data Officers and Statisticians aims to improve coordination and collaboration among peers and organizations, to connect existing but not necessarily wellconnected networks and initiatives, and to provide and share information on capacity building efforts globally. In the framework of the Global Network UNSD organizes a series of webinars. For more information visit our information pages.
Description: The PACIFIC CIVIL REGISTRARS NETWORK (PCRN) will be organizing the third webinar in the Webinar series (Journey Towards ICD-11 in the Pacific) on ICD applications, introduction to WHO-FIC and in-depth ICD-11 transition discussion. When: 15 November 2023 To register: Click here.
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP WHO
Description: SDG 3.8.2 indicator is focused on relatively large Out-of-Pocket (OOP) health spending which might lead to cutting spending on other basic needs such as educationfoodhousing and utilities.Butrecognizing that for poor and vulnerable people it is the absolute level of OOP health spending that is crucial – even if it represents less than 10% of a household’s total consumption or income (budget) – indicators of impoverishing health spending are also used to track the lack of financial protection in health and demonstrate the interdependency between SDG 1 “End poverty in all its form everywhere” and SDG target 3.8 on “Universal health coverage”. Specificallythese additional indictors include the proportion of the population impoverished or further impoverished by household expenditures on health using different poverty lines.The Subregional Training on Monitoring Financial Protection in Health will explain in detail the rationale to track SDG indicator 3.8.2why additional indicators are needed and how the monitoring framework can be expanded to support relevant policy discussions. This training will also discuss the data requirements to monitor the lack of financial protection in health.
Description: The objective of the webinar series is to facilitate knowledge sharing and innovative methods for measuring adult mortality. The specific objectives of this webinar are as follows: To share experiences and best practices, including the data quality and use, of select countries that have successfully incorporated a question on death registration status in their surveys and censuses. To discuss the importance of incorporating death registration status questions in surveys and censuses (including recommending this topic in the next revision of the UN Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses) for improving mortality data accuracy and informing public health policies. The recording from the webinar is here
Description: The first webinar series on "Measuring Adult Mortality Community of Practice (MAM-CoP)" was held on 6 September 2023, from 08.30 to 10.00 a.m. (New York time). The event focused on the use of surveys and censuses to measure the completeness and gaps in death registration and health information systems. Discussion in the event informed further work and guidance to countries on innovative and comprehensive measurement and collection of statistics on adult mortality. Concept note Event page website: https://unstats.un.org/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=143099385 (Member Only). Objectives: The objective of the webinar series is to facilitate knowledge sharing and innovative methods for measuring adult mortality. The specific objectives of this webinar are as follows: To share experiences and best practices, including the data quality and use, of select countries that have successfully incorporated a question on death registration status in their surveys and censuses. To discuss the importance of incorporating death registration status questions in surveys and censuses for improving mortality data accuracy and informing public health policies.
Description: This course is being organized by the Centre of Excellence on Data for Children with Disabilities, which UNICEF launched in 2021, in partnership with the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science of the University of Trento. This is the first time the training is being offered and it will focus on participants from the Europe and Central Asia region. It fits within the framework of the regional TransMonEE initiative. The course aims to increase participant knowledge on how to analyse and interpret data on children with disabilities obtained through the Child Functioning Module (CFM) and will provide participants with the opportunity to use their own country’s dataset to conduct the analysis. It is intended primarily for representatives of national statistical offices and other professionals whose primary work is to conduct data analysis.
Description: On 12 July 2023 from 10 AM to 12 PM (New York Time), FAO and its co-publishing partners will be launching, for the fifth time, the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report at a Special Event in the margins of the ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). The 2023 edition of the report will present the latest updates on the food security and nutrition situation around the world, including updated estimates on the cost and affordability of healthy diets. Subsequently, the report’s theme “Urbanization, agrifood systems transformation, and healthy diets across the rural-urban continuum” will explore how urbanization is shaping agrifood systems and the implications of this nexus for the availability and affordability of healthy diets, food security and nutrition. WHEN | Wednesday, 12 July | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EST)UNHQ | Conference Room 3Live webcast on FAO.org and UN Web TV Register | SOFI 2023 report information note About the SOFI 2023 report The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) is an annual flagship report jointly prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It monitors and analyses the world’s progress towards ending hunger, achieving food security and improving nutrition. It also provides in-depth analysis on key challenges for achieving these goals in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. SOFI 2023 report and changing agrifood systems amidst urbanization Urbanization is changing agrifood systems globally in ways that can no longer be understood across the rural and urban divide. The changing pattern of population agglomerations along a rural–urban continuum and its interface as a place of exchange and socioeconomic interactions, is reshaping and being reshaped by agrifood systems, with implications for the availability and affordability of healthy diets, and in turn, for food security and nutrition. This theme is aligned with the UN General Assembly “New Urban Agenda” and will contribute new evidence on the policies, investments and actions needed to limit risks of the negative effects of agrifood system transformation under urbanization and enable opportunities for access to affordable healthy diets, to improve food security and nutrition. Read more here. For more information, please visit the event page here.
Description: In this Global Network Webinar, José Viera of the International Disability Alliance and Elizabeth Lockwood of CBM Global Disability Inclusion discussed the importance of disability data awareness and capacity building by sharing two disability data resources: the Disability Data Advocacy Toolkit and the Disability Data Advocacy Workshop for Organizations of Persons with Disabilities. The International Disability Alliance, Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities, and CBM Global Disability Inclusion developed the Disability Data Advocacy Toolkit to contribute to the growing global dialogue on the importance of data on persons with disabilities. The toolkit provides some basic knowledge on data collection, analysis, and use of data for evidenced-based advocacy to influence policy and decision makers. An innovative partnership was also established to increase the quality of disability data in the Asia-Pacific region. This partnership was between UNFPA Asia Pacific and CBM Global Disability Inclusion, in close collaboration with the International Disability Alliance, Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities and national and regional organizations of persons with disabilities, including the ASEAN Disability Forum and Pacific Disability Forum. A key outcome was a Disability Data Advocacy Workshop for Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), a publicly available resource that was recently launched. The workshop aims to introduce the basic concepts and skills on disability data to OPDs and to support applying these in the local context.
Organizer(s): ESCAP UNSD New York University Abu Dhabi
Description: 17th May 2023, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 18th May 2023, 7:00 - 8:00 PM, Bangkok Time The Measuring Adult Mortality Community of Practice (MAM-CoP) is established in response to requests from countries as consolidated in an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Innovative methods to measure the Impact of COVID-19 on Mortality through Surveys and Censuses. The EGM meeting was organized under the guidance of the WHO-DESA Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Mortality Assessment (TAG). The objective of the kickoff meeting is to signify the start of the MAM-CoP that will bring together experts, researchers, and practitioners from different fields to share knowledge and best practices, collaborate on research and interventions, and ultimately contribute to reducing adult mortality rates and to agree upon the path forward and ways of working. The meeting is being organized by UNESCAP, UNSD and New York Abu Dhabi University.
Description: UNICEF’s Centre of Excellence on Data for Children with Disabilities will host an open house webinar on 25 April 2023. The Centre supports data analyses to promote the use of data and the generation of knowledge on the state of children with disabilities. During this open house, Jaclyn Yap will present her research project which is supported by the Centre and focuses on differing parenting practices among families of children with and without disabilities in low- and high-conflict affected areas. Updates about the Centre will also be shared during the open house.
Description: The Health Inequality Data Repository is the largest global collection of disaggregated data about health and determinants of health – with nearly 11 million data points across more than 2000 indicators. These data can be explored directly through the Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT), an interactive software which facilitates the examination of inequalities and the evaluation of relevant interventions to address them.
Description: The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Brisbane Accord Group, invites you to this webinar series. This series will introduce ICD-11 (International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision) and related resources available to Pacific Island countries and areas (PICs). The first webinar will be delivered by ICD experts from WHO headquarters and the Western Pacific Regional Office who will provide an overview of ICD-11, its implementation steps and discuss the implications of transitioning to ICD-11 based on PICs’ current ICD implementation. Dr Erwyn Ooi Chin Wei from the Ministry of Health, Malaysia will also share the experience and lessons learnt from implementing ICD-11 in Malaysia.
Description: Help us to showcase an impactful story on disability and illustrate the power of digital accessibility in data visualizations to create a more inclusive experience. We need visuals that are easy to understand but pack a punch. Something that will help us spread the word about disability and get people talking. So, get creative, don't be afraid to think outside the box, and slice and dice the data any way you like. Analyze the data from different perspectives - perhaps you will discover something that we haven’t seen! Don't miss your chance to use your creativity and contribute to the cause of accessible data visualization - start making an impact today.
Organizer(s): ESCAP UNSD New York University Abu Dhabi
Description: The side events of 54th UNSC (United Nations Statistical Commission) will be held during 28 February - 3 March 2023 in New York. A side event to call for your attention is "Better measuring adult mortality: innovative approaches", to be organized by UNSD, NYU Abu Dhabi and UNESCAP on 1st March 2023 at 1:15-2:30 PM. The side event is the first of a webinar series on innovative methods to measure adult mortality and will be led by Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Mortality Assessment. The event will focus on the use of surveys and censuses to measure the completeness and gaps in death registration and health information systems. Discussion in the event will inform further work and guidance to countries on innovative and comprehensive measurement and collection of statistics on adult mortality. unstats.un.org | @UNStats | #UN54SC
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: The main objective of this course is to offer theoretical overview of SHA Methodology, but also to give practical approach to build a health data questionnaire. The course will provide to the participants overview of current SHA requirements.
Target Audience: The course is targeted at statisticians working on health administrative data from National Statistical Institutes or Ministries of health/welfare.
Description: The annual Global Health Expenditure Report will showcase health spending for over 190 countries from 2000-2020. The report will feature early analyses on COVID-19 spending as well as a look into social protection spending. The report launch will coincide with updated data on the Global Health Expenditure Database.
Description: The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition launched its 17th report "Data collection and analysis tools for food security and nutrition" on Friday 16 September 2022 in FAO HQ, in Rome, Italy. The event was chaired by the Chair of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), Amb. Gabriel Ferrero de Loma Osorio, and the report was presented by the HLPE-FSN Project Team leader Carlo Cafiero. The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) launched its flagship report on “Data collection and analysis tools for food security and nutrition: towards enhancing effective, inclusive, evidence-informed, decision making”. The report analyses the challenges and opportunities that exist in taking full advantage of the data revolution and outlines recommendations for policy- and decision-makers. The hybrid event that brought to centre stage the need for global coordination to improve FSN data governance, defined as a globally relevant set of principles, strategies, policies, regulations and standards developed by institutions to collect, manage, share and use data. Speaking at the launch the report, Bernard Lehmann, HLPE-FSN Chairperson said there is an urgent need to agree on the nature of data and information related to food security and nutrition as a public good. “High-quality data and its accurate and timely analysis are essential for decision-making on food security and nutrition. While an abundance of data on food can provide great opportunities for transforming food systems, they can also create new risks and deepen inequalities”, Lehmann stated. The report shows the necessity to establish a global legal framework that allows for the circulation of relevant information, while preserving the rights of the people to whom the data ultimately belongs. "One key suggestion in this report is that, from a moral standpoint, personal data, like blood, is something that individuals may choose to give when that is necessary to obtain a personal service (for example, when blood is given for medical testing), but that people should also be encouraged to donate, when there is a clear indication that its use may contribute to a greater good (such as saving someone’s life). What should be crystal clear is that any resale of such data should be deemed immoral and even prosecuted as illegal", Carlo Cafiero, CFS HLPE-FSN drafting team leader explained during the launch of the report, at FAO haedquarters, in Rome. Welcoming the report, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said that the recommendations arising from this report will be an important contribution to the global effort to address hunger and malnutrition. “Sound decisions are based on evidence-based information. We must address the gap in quality data as it is essential to monitor progress and understand where the world stands in achieving our collective Sustainable Development Goals.” On his part, Ambassador Gabriel Ferrero, Chairperson of the UN Committee on World Food Security, who chaired the event, underlined: the importance of data in for policy makers especially for governments and others dealing with National Pathways toward sustainable food systems: “data systems and digital technologies are powerful tools, which if deployed properly, can play an enormous role in assisting policy makers with short, medium, and longer-term decision-making for achieving sustainable food systems.” While many may live in places where data and information flow with unprecedented mass and speed, many countries still lack sustainable data systems and related capacities. Thus, the report calls for a rethink of data collection and analysis tools to ensure full and proper use and re-use of existing data. It also recommends to invest in capacity development at all levels, starting in primary and secondary education, to include statistics and data science early in public education programmes, and continuing through specialized training of professionals working in public and private institutions. The report provides numerous examples of good practices of food security and nutrition data collection and analysis initiatives that could be further enhanced and used in developing similar initiatives. The review also identifies the most important remaining data gaps, such as, for example, data on the characteristics of agricultural holdings, farms and other industries; information on household food expenditure; and, most importantly, data on individual access to food and dietary intakes. Participants were presented with a first glimpse of the complexity of the system of public and private actors and institutions involved in food security and nutrition data. Government and civil society representatives from all over the world gave accounts of good practices and methodologies in place in their country and organizations. RecommendationsThe report presents clear calls for action and list of detailed recommendations on better use of data to effectively guide strategic policymaking in agriculture, food security and nutrition. Create greater demand for data for decision-making among governments, policymakers and donors. Optimize and, if needed, repurpose current data-related investments, while increasing collaboration between international organizations, governments, civil society, academia and the private sector, to harmonize and maximize the sharing of existing Food security and nutrition data. Increase and sustain investment in the collection of essential data for food security and nutrition. Invest in human capital and in the needed infrastructures to ensure the sustainability of data processing and analytic capacity. Improve data governance at all levels, promoting inclusiveness to recognize and enhance agency among data users and data generators. Find out more: Read the executive summary in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish Read the report in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish Read the presentation delivered by Carlo Cafiero during the launch of the report View the live event recording of the launch of the report
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Organizer(s): UNSD UN Population Division New York University Abu Dhabi
Description: The meeting will discuss and agree on a set of proposed recommendations for censuses and surveys based on ongoing research and experiments, and particularly in low-income and middle-income countries. These recommendations will seek to (a) improve adult mortality data collection in terms of quality, availability and timeliness; and (b) generate census and survey data that could be used to measure the impact of epidemics, pandemics and other disasters on adult mortality. The proposed recommendations would cover innovations in questionnaire design; interview methods and sampling strategies, as well as integration of surveys and censuses with other data sources on mortality (e.g., civil registration, health information systems).
Description: FAO held a series of webinars on Producing Proxy Estimates for SDG Indicator 5.a.1 using Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) on 17, 18 and 22 August 2022. Participants came from national statistical offices, ministries of agriculture and other stakeholders of 18 countries. Experts of the DHS Programme and global and regional gender statisticians of UN Women served as resource persons. Background SDG indicator 5.a.1 was classified as a Tier II indicator in March 2017, indicating that the methodology for its collection and computation has been finalized and approved. Since then, capacity building efforts have been undertaken by FAO, at regional and country levels. However, integrating the complete set of questions recommended to collect data for SDG indicator 5.a.1 is a process that takes time, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that has very often meant the interruption and postponing of most data collections around the globe. In order to improve countries’ capacity for reporting on indicator 5.a.1, FAO is looking into existing standardized internationally-supported surveys that have the potential of providing data for calculating proxies for indicator 5.a.1. Although these surveys have not been designed to apply the recommended methodology for the indicator, they have collected data that provide a sufficient amount of information for producing a measure that can approximate the indicator. One such survey is the series of phase VII Demographic and Health Surveys. Objectives of the webinars The webinars had learning objectives as well as action objectives. In terms of learning objectives, by the end of the seminar, it is expected that participants: Understand the concepts and data requirements needed to estimate SDGi-5.a.1 Are able to assess the extent to which the data available in their country DHS meet the data requirements for estimating SDGi-5.a.1 Understand how available data from their country DHS can be used to compute proxy measures for the sub-indicators SDGi-5.a.1(a) and SDGi-5.a.1(b) Understand the limitations of the proxy measures based on their country DHS data In terms of action objectives, countries were strongly encouraged to take actions to: Validate the proxy estimates from their DHS surveys Study potential for integrating SDGi-5.a.1 data requirements in future DHS Determine wider applicability of proxy measures for SDGi-5.a.1from their other household and agricultural surveys Assess how their planned and current statistical programs integrates/can integrate regular monitoring of SDG Target 5a through SDGi-5.a.1 The DHS Programme, UN Women and FAO through collaborative and coordinated initiatives would support countries: Provide technical support for validation and assessing applicability of proxy measures Review initial proxy estimates and revise where needed based on feedback from countries Provide technical and advocacy support for better integrating SDGi-5.a.1 data requirements in DHS and other relevant household surveys Support countries in analysis and use of SDGi-5.a.1related data Outputs This series of webinars presented the proxy estimation methodology for 5.a.1 using DHS data developed by FAO to 86 participants from 18 countries. Participants provided feedback on the methodology and the estimates produced. The webinars also facilitated discussions that identified opportunities for expanding the potential of the DHS as a data source for indicator 5.a.1 and, in general, for improving future data collections for the indicator. FAO will be following up with countries on the actions to be undertaken to validate the estimates as well as to look into strengthening the role of the DHS and other standardized international surveys that are part of their statistical programmes as sources of data for regularly producing indicator 5.a.1. FAO, the DHS Program and UN Women will continue the dialogue and initiatives to support countries on how future DHS surveys could incorporate recommendations of the official 5.a.1 methodology in order to provide improved data for SDG indicator 5.a.1. Agenda Time Topic 20 minutes Opening remarks Recap of main elements of 5.a.1 and its components: main concepts and definitions sub-indicator a sub-indicator b Minimum set of data required for indicator 5.a.1 according to the official methodology 5 minutes Q&A 30 minutes Why use the DHS for proxying SDG 5.a.1 Data availability in DHS surveys for estimating 5.a.1: which questions can be used to identify agricultural households and population which questions can be used to identify agricultural land which questions can be used to identify landowners How to compute the indicator from DHS data 5 minutes Q&A 25 minutes Results of 5.a.1 proxy estimates Discussion from selected countries, UN Women and DHS Program 5 minutes Concluding remarks Presentations: Overview Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 – 17 August Session 3 – 18 August Session 3 – 22 August
Description: This is the latest in a series of workshops held since 2017, which aims to: * Develop the capabilities of national statistical offices to collect and publish accurate and comparable disability statistics from household censuses and surveys. * Enhance understanding of concepts, definitions and methodologies so as to produce consistent data aligned with regional and international standards. * Discuss the development of stand-alone surveys to reach a consensus for a regional module. * Share good practices in producing disability statistics in the region and related challenges in data analysis.
Description: The purpose of this workshop is to enhance knowledge on the main issues relating to the collection, analysis, interpretation and use of data on children with disabilities. In particular, participants will gain understanding of data collection methods and tools, as well as the ability to read and interpret data. Finally, the workshop will strengthen the capacity of participants to disseminate and use data effectively to promote the rights of children with disabilities. The workshop is intended primarily for representatives of National Statistical Offices, Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and others working on data collection, analysis and dissemination. The training is made possible thanks to financial support from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Government of Australia, and is organized with the involvement of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics.
Target Audience: The main audience for the training will be experts and practitioners with a particular interest or responsibility in child disability. This will include (but not be limited to): * Representatives of National Statistical Offices; * Government staff, in particular those responsible for child disability programme development and implementation; * Monitoring and evaluation specialists from within the sector; * Local researchers and academics; * Representatives of Disabled Peoples’ Organizations; * Child disability practitioners.
Description: The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World is an annual flagship report to inform on progress towards ending hunger, achieving food security and improving nutrition and to provide in-depth analysis on key challenges for achieving this goal in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This year's edition will focus on repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable. WHEN | 6 July 2022, 10:00 – 12:00 hours EST (hybrid format) The persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic and its lingering consequences, which exacerbate existing inequalities, continue to impede progress towards ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. It has contributed to economic recessions around the world, leading to higher unemployment and lower earnings and incomes, which has negatively affected the quantity and quality of foods consumed by billions of people. Food prices and inflation have increased in the past year, because of bottlenecks in supply chains, soaring transport costs and other disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the Russia-Ukraine conflict that has recently erupted is already affecting global grain, fertilizer, and energy prices, with the potential to fuel further inflation in the coming months with impacts on food security and nutrition. As highlighted in last year’s edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, if we are to meet the targets of SDG 2 by 2030, agrifood systems must be transformed to deliver less costly nutritious foods, thus contributing to making healthy diets more affordable for all, sustainably and inclusively. There are several entry points to do so, but the current context of economic recession and inflation pressures is not one in which many countries – certainly many middle- and low-income countries – could massively invest in agrifood systems. In such a recessionary context, public spending and investments become particularly important, because private investors (including agrifood systems’ actors) are naturally more risk-averse. To this end, governments must wield public policy in order to create an environment more conducive to private investment. Against this backdrop, allocating existing public budgets in a different manner becomes a more urgent necessity. It is possible to use them more cost-effectively and efficiently for promoting healthy diets, sustainability, and inclusivity. In this regard, many countries can repurpose their food and agricultural policies towards these objectives, while ensuring that complementing policies in other sectors are there to create incentives that are coherent to this end. The 2022 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report will, as usual, present the latest updates on the food security and nutrition situation around the world, including updated estimates on the cost and affordability of healthy diets. Subsequently, it will take a deep dive into how healthy diets can become more affordable by repurposing existing food and agricultural policy support in ways that help reduce the cost of nutritious foods relative to other foods and people’s income. First, a stocktaking exercise will explore the predominant food and agricultural policy supports currently in place around the world, the amount of support provided, the activities and actors supported, and the extent to which this support is pushing up the relative cost of nutritious foods and promoting unhealthy diets. Second, analysis and evidence-based guidance will be provided on alternative food and agricultural policy support mixes that can help reduce the cost of nutritious foods, as well as on how the resulting trade-offs need to be managed to ensure agrifood systems are not only more efficient but also sustainable and inclusive. To the extent that the contribution of agrifood systems to the economy is significant in many countries, such alternative food and agricultural policy support will also be important to enable inclusive recovery. In this regard, the report is aligned to the 2022 HLPF theme – “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. Background The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World is a FAO annual flagship publication series that monitors progress towards globally agreed food security and nutrition targets, presenting and analyzing global, regional and country level trends, and providing in-depth analyses on emerging issues to inform decision making and contribute to the achievement of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms. Over the last twenty years, the report has grown in importance and has achieved wide recognition as the leading global report providing critical information to policy makers on food security and nutrition. Since 2017, the publication reports progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2). An example of strong UN collaboration work, jointly produced by five UN agencies (FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO), this is the fourth year the report will be launched in the sidelines of the HLPF in New York. More information can be found here and on the events page.
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP
Description: Timelyreliable and comparable health statistics are fundamental to monitoring the health status of the population and for developingimplementing and evaluating health policies and practices that address health and health care. With the adoption of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developmentthe need for high-quality data for the over 50 health and health-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators has increased. The objective of this e-Learning course is to address capacity gaps in health statistics by providing a general understanding of the basic conceptmethods and framework required to compile and monitor the health and health-related SDG indicators.
Side event at 78th session of the Commission: Building a More Resilient Future with Inclusive Civil Registration and Vital Statistics – Strengthening linkages with the health sector
Description: Background Universal and responsive civil registration and vital statistics systems have a critical role in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Civil registration systems and identity management is important to build resilience and facilitate access to essential services in response to and recovery from disasters, the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises and in this regard. Increased engagement of the health sector in registration processes has an important role to play in ensuring more births and deaths are registered. Increased awareness of governments in Asia and the Pacific of the merits of closer collaboration between the health sector and CRVS and showcasing the progress in this area from Pakistan. This side event is organized by the Government of Pakistan, UNFPA, UNICEF, and ESCAP, and it is part of the seventy-eighth session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
Description: As part of WHO ICD-11 webinar series, the Classifications and Terminologies Unit is organising a webinar on the 16th of May 2022 on: ''ICD-11 implementation strategy and country experiences'' Overview of ICD-11 Country experiences in ICD-11 implementation: * in morbidity coding; * in cause of death coding. Do's and Don'ts in implementing ICD-11
Description: We are pleased to announce the official launch of the GIS Centre for Health on 9 May 2022. The launch will take place at WHO Headquarters in Geneva. The event will also be live streamed on the WHO Workplace. Geneva-based colleagues are welcome to join in person at WHO Headquarters. The event will include opening and closing remarks by WHO senior leadership; an introduction to the GIS Centre for Health team; a highlight on partners, collaborators, regional offices and inspirational speakers; a panel discussion; a Q&A session and a GIS hands-on workshop. If you can join us in Geneva please register for the event here: https://indico.un.org/event/37794/ If you would like to join us online on zoom, please register here: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_V-fQvYE5SsCrJ4f6Yw40YQ
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Description: The FAO/WHO Global Individual Food consumption data Tool (FAO/WHO GIFT) has been selected following a Mapping of Digital-Related Initiatives Across the UN System, where 489 inputs from 39 UN entities were received. To highlight the outcomes and initiatives of the mapping, the Office of Secretary General's Envoy on Technology and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs are organizing a side event at this year’s Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Forum (5-6 May 2022). This event will explore how more effective and coherent UN support to Member States on digital is critically needed, as well as promote further awareness of how digital technologies play a crucial role in achieving the SDGs. In this Decade of Action, we must better utilize the potential of digital technologies to narrow digital divides in order to leave no one behind and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. In better responding to Member States’ needs, the United Nations system strives tobring about “a more coherent and strategic approach” to digital issues, as emphasized by the Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation; including its various parts better harnessing digital technologies to fulfill their mandates. The Roadmap for Digital Cooperation also stresses the importance of coordinated and coherent global digital capacity-building efforts, along side matching efforts at the national level, especially through the United Nations' presence on the ground. This event will thus explore how more effective and coherent UN support to Member States on digital is critically needed, as well as promote further awareness of how digital technologies play a crucial role in achieving the SDGs. The Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology and DESA will present the initial results from their joint initiative – a UN system wide mapping of digital-related initiatives, with almost 500 submissions received fromacross the system; while UN system entities will also showcase key projects and programmes to illustrate how digitalization can help facilitate the achievement of socio-economic and environmental, sustainable development, with a specific focus on country-level needs. Resident coordinators will also speak from their experiences in this regard. The Acting Envoy on Technology, ASG Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, will open the event. Herremarks will be followed by a presentation of the UN-system wide mapping, reflections from Resident Coordinators, and contributions from UN entities, including FAO, ITU, UNCTAD, UNDP, UNEP, UN-Habitat, WFP, and others. Registration for the event is available at the following link: https://whova.com/portal/registration/mfsta_202205/
Description: A user friendly dashboard to help countries to regulary monitor their progress and make evidence-based decisions about priority areas for action and resource allocation for children's health. This webinar event will showcase the dasbhoard, share the conceptualization process and provide a vision oand recomendations on the potential use to improving accountability for children's rights. Organized by WHO, UNICEF and CAP2030.
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Description: Background This Stats Café builds on an earlier session on COVID-19 and death registration, which featured towards the beginning of the pandemic in mid-2020. Since then, over five million COVID-19 deaths have been reported, however, estimates predict that the global excess deaths may be two to four times higher than those officially recorded. Being able to ascertain the true impact of COVID-19 on human lives is critical for informing resource allocation and assessing the effectiveness of public health interventions as the pandemic evolves. However, many countries still lack functioning civil registration and vital statistics systems to provide accurate, complete and timely data on deaths and causes of death. This, coupled with the differences in how countries test and report COVID-19 deaths, makes it challenging to measure the true loss of life from the pandemic. The COVID-19 mortality rate has also sparked heated discussions among the general public, with false claims circulating online that the number of COVID-19 deaths have been inflated in order to justify lockdowns and other restrictions. Demographers, data scientists, and epidemiologists have turned to the estimation of excess mortality to try to understand just how many people died as a result of COVID-19. Excess mortality estimates measure the gap between the number of deaths in an average year under normal conditions and the number of deaths during a crisis, adjusting for relevant demographic changes as far as possible. This Stats Café aimed to share a snapshot of some of the varied approaches taken by countries and organizations to produce estimates of excess mortality, as well as provide a journalistic insight of best practices in reporting on it. Agenda for this session Welcoming Remarks, housekeeping and overview of session: Ms. Rachael Beaven, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP Introduction to estimating excess mortality: Mr. Steve MacFeely, WHO Technical insight from the South African experience of estimating excess mortality: Professor Tom Moultrie, University of Cape Town, South Africa Mortality deficit in New Zealand through the COVID-19 pandemic: Ms. Helen He, Stats News Zealand Estimating excess mortality in Malaysia: Dr. Shubash Shander, Ministry of Health, Malaysia Trusting the numbers and tackling misinformation: perspectives of a data journalist: Ms. Rukmini Shrinivasan, Independent Data Journalist Q and A and wrap-up , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events
Description: Since the 1970s, WHO has been continuously developing and improving verbal autopsy (VA) instruments with adaptations based on the latest research. Since its release in 2011 for routine mortality use, the WHO verbal autopsy instrument has undergone testing and extensive field use. The most recent revision of this instrument is based on user feedback and training inputs as well as evidence from the field. This webinar will be hosted by the Classifications and Terminologies unit in collaboration with the WHO Verbal Autopsy Reference Group. For more information, please visit the event page or reach out to verbalautopsy@who.int.
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Description: The main objective of this course is to offer theoretical overview of SHA Methodology, but also to give practical approach to build a health data questionnaire. The course will provide to the participants overview of current SHA requirements.
Target Audience: The course is targeted at statisticians working on health administrative data from National Statistical Institutes or Ministries of health/welfare
Description: The State of inequality: HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria report is the first systematic global analysis of the state of inequality in HIV, TB and malaria. As part of the activities to launch the report, there will be a webinar accompanied by social media posts. The webinar will highlight the key findings of the report and have an expert panel discussion about applying the recommendations from the report and how inequities in HIV, tuberculosis and malaria can be tackled.
Target Audience: SRMNCAH programme managers, monitoring and evaluation officers, multisectoral stakeholders, as well as academia and the general public.
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Organizer(s): IOM GMDAC
Description: The physical health, mental health, and general well-being of migrants and people on the move, in particular, is a vital issue. Political and social structures must respond to the challenges posed by population movements, including a focus on achieving universal health coverage using the building blocks of health systems. Migrations, particularly within the continent, have always been an important component of African lives. Recent factors such as climate change and population growth contribute to exacerbating this mobility trajectory. Promoting the health of migrants and migration-affected populations is not only essential to enable safe, orderly, and humane migration, but also to ensure that the economic and development benefits of migration are sustainable for both sending and receiving countries. Despite their positive contributions, many international migrants are at greater risk of vulnerable situations that put their own health status at risk. They may be denied access to health services by law, or they are unable to access these services in practice. This webinar will address how migration data can help design and implement more effective health programs for migrants in Africa.
Description: This ministerial roundtable was organized by ESCAP. It took place online on 19 November 2021, from 08:30 to 09:30 hrs, Bangkok time. Overview: The pandemic has caused both tremendous challenges and opportunities for CRVS systems, especially related to deaths, and calls for collective efforts to shape the future landscape of health information and ensure the benefits for sustainable development. The most fundamental question: How many people have actually died from COVID-19 cannot yet be answered in many countries in the region. Indeed, it may take some time before we know the answer and, in some countries, we may never know. In particular, the most vulnerable and marginalized populations – those often most at risk of COVID-19 – may never have their deaths counted. A well-functioning civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system is necessary to provide an answer to this question. However, during a public health emergency such as COVID-19, even a well-functioning CRVS system is faced with challenges of backlogs in death registrations and diagnostic uncertainties. Issues for discussion: How can we respond to the ongoing challenges posed by the pandemic while leveraging the spotlight on mortality statistics to ensure sustainable capacity strengthening? What can Governments and the international community do to assist least developed countries in rebuilding through productive transformation of CRVS systems to ensure preparedness for the next health emergency or pandemic?
Description: This warm-up session was organized by Vital Strategies and WHO. It took place online on 17 November 2021, from 08:45 to 09:30 hrs, Bangkok time, before starting Agenda item 3 of the provisional agenda. The session was dedicated to the topic of Agenda item 3 and focused on the health sector and civil registration and vital statistics.
Description: This meeting is an important activity towards the improved coordination between the multitude of international partners involved in CRVS strengthening activities and constitutes one of the strategic objectives of this Strategic Implementation Plan. WHO convenes CRVS partners to discuss complementary, innovative, and cost-effective approaches to CRVS system strengthening in the context of the GPW 13 strategic shift towards “Health in All Policies”.
Description: (Newsletter: CRVS Insight November 2021) The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of well-functioning CRVS systems which, as the SCORE for Health Data Technical Package assessment has shown, are still not producing data of sufficient quality to guide public health decision-making in many parts of the world. In response, WHO is working with partners to prioritize CRVS strengthening at global, regional, and country levels. Efforts to strengthen CRVS systems by countries have already led to important lessons and experiences that we can together draw from, as we scale this work more broadly. This meeting will focus on: Introducing partners to WHO’s global efforts in CRVS strengthening and the WHO CRVS Strategic Implementation Plan 2021-2025; Promoting a stronger role of health in CRVS and ensuring alignment with current WHO regional CRVS strategies, addressing the key concerns of the different regions; Reviewing CRVS partners’ activities and discussing potential collaborative opportunities; and, Identifying and addressing the current gaps in CRVS systems. Interested parties can access the technical partnership meeting via Zoom with the following information or contact Dr. Azza Badr ([email protected]) for any additional queries. 9 – 10 November 15:00 – 18:00 CET Zoom link: https://who.zoom.us/j/94222186038 Passcode: Rpi=EKC5
Description: This side-event was organized by ESCAP. It took place online on 9 November 2021, from 12:00 to 13:30 hrs, Bangkok time. Background: The current pandemic has put mortality statistics at the center of attention. Daily reports of the number of deaths due to COVID-19 have been a critical tool of governance and have played a major role in public debate. This scrutiny has made visible shortcomings in cause of death and overall mortality monitoring that most countries still experience. The true toll of the pandemic and the consequences of these shortcomings in the monitoring tools are still to be measured, but the importance of addressing them so that every death is registered is undeniable. While estimates of the number of births that are not registered globally have been published by UNICEF, the literature on similar estimates for unregistered deaths is limited. Recent debates and studies have mostly focused on COVID-19 related deaths and not on overall death registration. ESCAP has therefore tried to develop an estimate of unregistered deaths for the Asia and the Pacific region. The study conducted based on publicly available data found that 7.8 million deaths were still not registered in 2018 in the region. This important blind spot has detrimental consequences for the current crisis, but also for future ones and for overall public governance. Further identifying where these ‘invisible’ deaths occur and who are the ones not counted is necessary to achieve universal registration. At the midpoint of the Asia and Pacific Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Decade, the results of this study highlight the progresses made both in data availability and in registration completeness, as well as the challenges remaining in those aspects. Scope: This side-event was based on a Stats Brief published by ESCAP. It was independent from the midterm review of the implementation of the Regional Action Framework for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific since it used different data sources for most countries. As a result, it covered all countries in the region, including countries that have not answered the midterm questionnaire on the implementation of the Regional Action Framework.
Organizer(s): SESRIC Occupational Health and Safety Institute Tunisia National Social Security Fund Djibouti
Description: Within the framework of the OIC-OSHNET Work Plan 2021-2022, the Tunisian Occupational Health and Safety Institute (TOSHI) of the Republic of Tunisia, in collaboration with the National Social Security Fund of the Republic of Djibouti, will organise a Training Workshop on “Data Collection and Analysis in Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)” on 01-04 November 2021 through an online video conferencing platform. The training will be provided by competent experts from the Tunisian Occupational Health and Safety Institute (TOSHI) and the National Social Security Fund of the Republic of Djibouti for the benefit of participants from the National OSH Authorities of OIC member countries. The training course aims at strengthening the technical capacities of the participants on how to maintain and use statistics of occupational accidents with a view to promoting prevention of occupational risks in companies as well as developing an action plan at national levels. The training workshop will also provide insights into various subjects, including the process for collecting and analysing statistics at regional and national levels and statistics of work accidents as a tool for help and guidance in companies. The OIC-OSHNET is an OIC platform established to create closer cooperation among the national OSH Institutions of the OIC Member States through sharing knowledge, experience and best practices. SESRIC assumes the role of the OIC Technical Coordinator of the OIC-OSHNET and provides facilitation and necessary technical support for the successful implementation of the activities organised within the framework of the OIC-OSHNET Work Plan 2021-2022. For more details about the Network, please visit: https://oshnet.sesric.org/index.php
Description: When used well, civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) data can add credibility to a narrative and enhance a journalistic story. However, writing articles or preparing other media products based on CRVS data requires knowledge of how a well-functioning CRVS system works, who is responsible for the administration of the systems and the kind of data it can produce. Furthermore, journalists and content producers need to know how to analyze data to articulate trends and patterns while communicating findings clearly and accurately to their audience. As national CRVS systems continue to develop and grow in importance, so does the need for journalists to understand how best to harness the power of data and the role of government institutions in maintaining timely and accurate CRVS systems. As a result, Vital Strategies and United Nations ESCAP will hold a 1-day virtual training session for journalists on 29 October 2021 to learn about CRVS systems, the type of data these systems produce and how to utilize effective data communication strategies, as well as the ‘Get Every One in the Picture’ regional initiative. The virtual training session will utilize Vital Strategies’ e-learning platform and include live, group discussion and activity sessions held over Microsoft Teams before and after the Conference. The training will utilize modules from an e-learning platform developed by Vital Strategies and designed to educate journalists on utilizing public health and CRVS data in their reporting. The training aims to build the data-use skillset of a select group of journalists interested in developing stories based on CRVS data.
Description: The COVID–19 pandemic has exposed long-standing data governance issues such as intellectual property rights, data sharing, reuse and storage. Globally, persistent data gaps and fragmented approaches to governing health data in different contexts are a major roadblock to using data as a Global Public Good. Health data is a strategic asset that requires global cooperation with clear direction in an evolving, fragmented global landscape. This is highlighted in the UN Secretary General’s Data Strategy, World Bank’s 2021 Development Report, 52nd UN Economic and Social Council Statistical Commission and OECD’s Partnership in Statistics (PARIS21). In response, WHO has convened a global summit on health data governance over two half-days. The first summit on 30 June brought together WHO, Member States, partners and the general public to underscore the need for health data as a global public good, the importance of adopting common data principles, and the urgency to institutionalize robust data governance mechanisms across all sectors. This resulted in a draft summit statement which was made available for public comment as well as a Summit Report outlining key takeaways. The second summit on 30 September will present the final summit statement and further advance this dialogue with a focus on three technical tracks: 1. Research data sharing 2. Public health and disease surveillance 3. Data sharing policies: Legal and ethical considerations
Description: As part of WHO ICD-11 webinar series, the Classifications and Terminologies Unit and the Occupational Health Programme are organising an ICD-11 webinar that will be held in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation on September 17th, 2021 at 14:00 CEST. The webinar will focus on: ICD-11 use in Occupational health.
Global consultation to optimize Routine Health Information Systems (RHIS) to effectively deliver Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Primary Health Care (PHC) in countries
Description: The SCORE for Health Data Technical Package (Survey, Count, Optimize, Review, Enable) offers more than 90 tools and standards to assist Member States in strengthening data and health information systems capacity. The SCORE global report, 2020 found that nearly 50% of countries have limited capacity for systematic monitoring of health care and only 4% have sustainable capacity to optimize health service data. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored these gaps and highlighted the urgency of timely, reliable, disaggregated and actionable data to better prepare, detect, and respond to emergencies and provide high quality essential services. Routine Health Information Systems (RHIS) are an essential source of data to monitor access and quality of health services to improve the performance of PHC and UHC. The Global Consultation will focus on: • The importance, components and applications of Routine Health Information Systems (RHIS) • Data gaps and tools from the SCORE technical package • Sharing best practices and perspectives from countries and partners • Describing the value of integrated data and health information systems with a focus on building sustainable capacity in countries • Promoting better alignment of partnerships and resources to accelerate progress The outcomes of this dialogue will aim to further strengthen RHIS in countries so that when SCORE assessments are repeated in 2025, every country will have a robust health information system which is crucial to track progress towards the GPW 13 “triple billion” targets and health-related SDGs.
Description: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, and HE Dr Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany will inaugurate the new global WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin. The Hub will bring together partners worldwide to collaborate and create the tools and data needed for all countries to prepare, detect and respond to pandemic and epidemic risks. This special event will also include a ceremony to recognize Chancellor Merkel’s outstanding leadership in global public health.
Description: SOFI 2021 report presents the first evidence-based global assessment of chronic food insecurity in the year the COVID-19 pandemic emerged and spread across the globe.
Description: The VNR lab will provide a platform for countries to share their experiences-both successes and challenges-in planning and preparing an evidence-based and data-driven VNR in the time of COVID-19. Data and statistics are guiding countries' effort in combating the virus, saving lives and recovering better. Over the last year, countries have faced unprecedented disruptions in statistical operations and a spike in demand for data to monitor and mitigate the effects of the global pandemic.
Description: The CFS is organizing a half-day public event in support of the CFS 2020-2023 Multi-year Program of Work (MYPOW), specifically its approved major work-stream on data systems related to global food security and nutrition. This event will be convened virtually on 1 July 2021 (3:00 – 6:00 PM Rome time) and will be open to interested parties from the CFS and relevant institutions, including CFS Members, (ad hoc) Advisory Group members, Civil Society and Private Sector Mechanisms associated with the Committee. The event will kick-start the process of policy convergence among CFS members and stakeholders, and it will assist the CFS High Level Panel of Experts (CFS HLPE) prepare their own anticipated report on this topic. It is foreseen that the outcomes of the webinar, drafted in the form of a Chair’s summary, will help frame and refine the scope and objectives of the CFS HLPE report which is expected to be released in 2022. For more information, read the concept note. Registration: https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_l1BkM9MqR_a_CS99R7EIcg Date and time: 1 July 2021 - 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM CET Programme: Download the programme here. 3:00 pm - 3:20 pm | Welcome remarks Introductory remarks by the CFS Chairperson Thanawat Tiensin Keynote Address: Can agriculture and food security policies be effective when data is unreliable? Making the case for more and better (food security and nutrition) data, Máximo Torero Cullen: FAO, Chief Economist 3:20 pm - 4:15 pm | Panel 1: Promoting data collection and analysis for better food security and nutrition Biographies Overcoming evidence gaps on food systems, Koen Deconinck: OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Economist/ Policy Analyst; The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index: A suite of tools and methods for measuring empowerment and gender equality, Hazel Malapit: IFPRI, Senior Research Fellow; New data sources and big data approaches to solve agricultural development problems faster, better and at a greater scale than before, Brian King: CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture, Coordinator; Responsible and Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition, the promises and challenges. André Laperriere: Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), Executive Director; 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm | Panel 2: Use of data for increasing food and nutrition security and accelerating food systems transformation – country experiences/case studies Biographies More and better data for agriculture transformation in Kenya, Thule Lenneiye: Ministry of Agriculture, Director of the Agricultural Transformation Office; Smallholders’ data. Using participatory approaches for mapping of territorial markets, Nadjirou Sall: ROPPA, Secretary General ; Data in Action: An Open-Source Protocol for Securely Exchanging Agricultural Data, Rikin Gandhi: Digital Green, Executive Director; Who's digits in who's data? Pat Mooney: ETC Group, co-founder 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Moderated discussion and conclusions Moderated by Bernard Lehmann with concluding remarks by José Maria Sumpsi Viñas, both members of the CFS HLPE Steering Committee
Description: During this Global Network Webinar Samira Asma, William Msemburi, Bochen Cao, and Nelly Biondi from the World Health Organization (WHO) will present the World Health Statistics report 2021: The World Health Statistics report is WHO’s annual ‘state of the world’s health’ assessment with the latest data on more than 50 health-related Sustainable Development Goal and “triple billion” target indicators. The 2021 edition was published in May and presents the latest data and trends for life expectancy, mortality and burden of disease at global and regional levels. It also includes preliminary estimates for global excess deaths attributable to COVID-19 for 2020 with a focus on health inequalities and data gaps that have been accentuated by the pandemic. In this webinar, our speakers will explore the stories behind the data and highlight key findings. Explore the SDG indicators data sets, read the visual summary, and learn about the impact of COVID-19 on global health goals.
Description: Improving evidence-based health outcomes depends on data that is available, timely, actionable and reliable. Health data needs to be collected, stored, shared transparently and analysed based on the foundations of strong data governance. The momentum for health data being a Global Public Good requires: i) consensus building, ii) investment (technical, regulatory and policy), iii) implementation (training and capacity building), and iv) multi-sectoral partnerships that include citizen science. The World Health Organization and partners will build on this momentum for greater…
Description: Evidence-based medicine relies on using data to provide recommendations for effective treatment or prevention decisions. However, in many settings, effects may be heterogeneous across individuals, and within individuals over time. Healthcare providers are faced with the daunting task of making sequential therapeutic decisions having seen few patients with a given clinical history. Adaptive treatment strategies (ATS) operationalize the sequential decision-making process in the precision medicine paradigm, offering statisticians principled estimation tools that can be used to incorporate patient’s characteristics into a clinical decision-making framework so as to adapt the type, dosage or timing of intervention according to patients’ evolving needs.
Target Audience: Statisticians familiar with regression methods.
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Description: The International Association of Survey Statisticians (IASS) invites all interested to attend this webinar to be held on 25 June 2021 at 13.00-14.30 CEST.
Description: The course is an introduction to effectively communicating, to general audiences, complex statistical modelling and estimation related to Covid-19 data. The instruction will be at a beginner level. The 6 hours course is split in 2 days and will cover “Basics of effective communication to a general audience” on day 1 and “Introduction to estimation and modelling of covid-19 data: prevalence, incidence, epi-curves, transmissibility and reproduction numbers” on day 2. Classes will include stop&go discussion upon broadcasting of video-recorded interviews with experts and professionals in media monitoring and communication of health data. A student assignment is scheduled at the end of day 1 lessons with feedback on day 2 for shared learning.
Target Audience: Students, early career researchers and professionals with basic background in statistics and at beginner level in epidemiology.
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Description: (Newsletter: CRVS Insight June 2021) The World Health Organization, UNICEF and Vital Strategies are pleased to announce an upcoming webinar on health sector best practices for engaging and improving coverage and inclusion for birth and death registration. Insight readers are invited to join the live discussion on 23 June 2021 from 8 a.m.–9:30 a.m. (New York) focused on the importance of CRVS systems for individuals and countries. The event will highlight country case studies of inspiring leadership, sound governance and coordination and their role in reinforcing linkages with health systems to ensure that every birth and every death is registered and counted. More information on the event including how to register can be found here.
Description: In order to successfully address and mitigate the current infodemic and promote more effective future response, the World Health Organization (WHO) is organizing the 2nd Infodemic Management Training. From physics to law to behavioral science to epidemiology to user experience and design — it is clear that an infodemic manager would need a wider array of skills and expertise to successfully address infodemics that go beyond traditional boundaries of epidemiology, risk communication and community engagement and digital media. The training…
Description: During this Global Network Webinar Craig Burgess and Mwenya Kasonde from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and Hellen Kiarie from the Ministry of Health in Kenya presented the Health Data Collaborative: The Health Data Collaborative (HDC) is a UHC2030 related initiative that has three objectives: 1. To strengthen country Health information Systems; 2. To align partner resources with country identified data and digital priorities; and 3. To contextualize and adapt global data and digital tools with country and local contexts. The HDC was launched in March 2016, based on foundational concepts from the International Health Partnership (IHP+) 2010-2015 political commitment, following a 2015 high-level summit on Measurement and Accountability for Results in Health. This is focused on support for data efforts for the SDGs, including communities left behind. The HDC currently supports 11 countries (Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Cameroon, Tanzania, Botswana, Zambia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Myanmar) and HDC partners are represented in 7 constituencies: i) countries, ii) multilaterals, iii) bilateral donors and philanthropic institutions, iv) global health initiatives, v) research, academia and technical networks, vi) civil society and vii) private sector. Membership has rapidly increased over the last year. The HDC Secretariat is hosted by WHO (with staffing from WHO and UNICEF) and helps convene and facilitate dialogue between various UN agency and partner technical initiatives to provide support at country, regional and global levels. The HDC plays a knowledge broker role, helping to disseminate information and best practices from different data and digital initiatives, including specific webinar sessions. In this Global Network Webinar our speakers gave an update of the HDC, provided country perspectives on the HDC, and outlined the added value of the HDC and opportunities for alignment towards common Sustainable Development Goals.
Description: The Washington Group on Disability Statistics held its first ever mid-year meeting on 26th May, 2021. This virtual meeting was attended by 128 representatives of National Statistical Offices, United Nations entities, and Civil Society Organizations, including Organizations of Persons with Disabilities.
Description: During this joint ISWGHS-Global Network Webinar we were happy to have Ruth Studley and Sarah Crofts from the Office for National Statistics (ONS, the UK’s National Statistical Office) who talked about The UK Covid Infection Survey explaining what the ONS UK has done to address the data needs of the COVID-19 pandemic and what our colleagues have learned during the process. This Global Network Webinar was organized in cooperation with the Inter-secretariat Working Group on Household Surveys (ISWGHS). The presentation covered how the ONS UK established the Covid Infection Survey (CIS), why it was best placed with the ONS, what approach the ONS colleagues took to set it up, the lessons they learned and how they mobilized themselves to respond to the rapidly changing user need such as the questions they asked, the way they collected data, and the way they analyzed it.
Description: A virtual webinar that will give an overview of ICD-11 and the tools for implementation. The classifications and terminologies team will respond to questions in a Q & A session following the presentations.
Description: Virtual global expert consultation to reach consensus on WHS+ topics, finalize protocols and implementation plans, and initialize implementation in countries. Implementation results will be presented at the WHA in 2022. See more information: https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/world-health-survey-plus
Title in Spanish: Estadísticas de discapacidad con perspectiva regional: el Grupo de Buenos Aires
Organizer(s): ECLAC INDEC Argentina
Description: Este es un evento paralelo de la Vigésima reunión del Comité Ejecutivo de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la CEPAL, organizado por el INDEC de Argentina.
Organizer(s): ESCAP Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand
Description: The Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2021 will in part be dedicated to the in-depths review of SDGs 1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16 and 17, which include target 16.9 on the provision of legal identity for all, including birth registration, and indicator 17.19.2(b) on the percentage of countries having achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration. As part of the forum, this side event is organized to reflect on the progresses made in CRVS systems in the region since 2014 and on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on these systems. Presentations will explore the needs highlighted by the pandemic, especially through legal identity and vital statistics lenses. Individuals need legal identity credentials to access healthcare (including vaccinations), education, economic opportunities, and representation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this has been further highlighted with national identification systems and vital statistics providing the backbone for distributing support during the crisis and beyond. The event will be moderated by Mr. Jeff Montgomery, Registrar-General and General Manager, Services and Access Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand. The presenters will be: Ms. Kamni Naidu, Administrator-General, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Fiji Mr. Mohammed Shahidul Islam, Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Division, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka Mr. Benuel Lenge, Director, Department of Civil Registry and Vital Statistics, Vanuatu Ms. Nazaria binti Baharudin, Deputy Chief Statistician, Technical Development and Social Office, Department of Statistics Malaysia The event will be held on Thursday 25 March, 12:15-13:45h (Bangkok time, GMT+7, verify your time here). You can register for the event here and join the conversation on MS Teams here. You can find more details, as well as the presentations and recording on the ESCAP website.
Description: This side event, organised in the context of the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2021, aims to explore how the use of health data is critical to address the indirect effects of COVID-19 on the delivery and use of sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) services in the Asia-Pacific region and the implications on achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal for Health (SDG 3). The COVID-19 pandemic is straining health systems globally. Governments have had to respond quickly to curb the transmission of COVID-19. The consequent disruption of services on already overstretched health systems, and the diversion of resources from essential health services, threaten the progress made so far in achieving the 2030 SDG goal on health. This side event will provide an opportunity to reflect on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SRMNCAH services for women newborns, children and young people in the Asia-Pacific region, share good practices and spread awareness on the status of the 2030 agenda for SDG 3. The event will include presentations and discussions by representatives of the Ministries of Health of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal and of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, moderated by the WHO Office for South-East Asia, the UNFPA Regional office for Asia-Pacific and the UNICEF’s South Asia and East Asia and Pacific Regional Offices. The event will be held on Monday 22 March, 11-12h (Bangkok time, GMT+7, verify your time here). You can register for the event here.
Title in Spanish: Capacitación virtual en la medición y reporte del indicador 2.1.2 de los ODS
Organizer(s): FAO
Description: Este curso está dirigido principalmente a aquellos que participan en la recopilación, análisis y elaboración del informe del indicador 2.1.2 de los ODS, así como para personas interesadas en el proceso.
Description: Background The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging country mortality information systems in unprecedented ways, while also highlighting the necessity for accurate, timely and reliable mortality data. As the pandemic continues, countries are turning to stop-gap measures to collect reliable data in a timely manner, as well as using the pandemic as an opportunity to reassess and strengthen their CRVS system. The Stats Café highlighted Bangladesh’ experiences of using a rapid mortality surveillance system to provide a solid platform upon which they can build a universal and responsive death registration system in the future. Speakers Gemma Van Halderen, Director, Statistics Division, ESCAP Romain Santon, Regional Deputy Director, CRVS Improvement Program Vital Strategies Anushka Mangharam, Technical Advisor, CRVS Improvement Program Vital Strategies Mohammad Adnan Khan, Assistant Chief (Medical), Management Information System of Directorate General of Health Services, Bangladesh Moderator Martin Bratschi, Deputy Director, Technical Implementation, CRVS Improvement Program Vital Strategies --------------------- >> See others Asia-Pacific Stats Café series
Title in Spanish: Capacitación virtual en la medición y reporte de los indicadores de los ODS 2.3.1 y 2.3.2 para América Latina
Organizer(s): FAO
Description: El objetivo general de esta formación virtual es proveer a los funcionarios gubernamentales responsables del monitoreo de los indicadores de los ODS 2.3.1 y 2.3.2, un espacio de aprendizaje para tener la capacidad de desarrollar la metodología de los indicadores, evaluar sus criterios para identificar a los productores de alimentos a pequeña escala, analizar las fuentes de datos y los procesos de reporte de indicadores.
Description: The United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) was to address the special theme “Population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development” at its fifty-third session in 2020. In preparation for the session, the Population Division prepared the report of the Secretary-General on population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development, which was issued in February 20201. Due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Commission was not able to hold its formal session at the end of March 2020. The Commission decided to postpone a full consideration of the theme to its fifty-fourth session in 2021. To inform preparation of an updated report of the Secretary-General for the 2021 session, the Population Division of UN DESA will convene an expert group meeting on the theme, to be held virtually from 28 to 30 October 2020. The expert group should advise on 1) elements where new data or analysis has become available in 2020; 2) elements that should receive greater attention in the new report; and 3) evidence for impacts of COVID-19 in each area.
Description: The 20th Annual Meeting of the Washington Group on Disability Statistics was held on September 22-24, 2020. This anniversary meeting, originally scheduled to be held in person in Washington DC, was held virtually. A meeting in Mombasa, Kenya hosted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics is planned for 2021 if travel restrictions are lifted.
Source: World Bank (Data extracted on: 14 Jan 2021 )
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Organizer(s): World Bank
Description: Join the MENA Chief Economist for a High-level Regional Virtual Workshop on September 14, where panelists will discuss Covid-19, information systems, and statistics in the MENA region. The workshop will start at 8 AM EST and end at 1.15 PM. A packed agenda across 4 different sessions will feature notable keynote speakers from Johns Hopkins University, the International Association for Official Statistics, the Ford Foundation, the World Bank Group, and notable ministers from Egypt, Jordan, Djibouti, Yemen, Bahrain, and directors from Palestine, Oman, UAE, Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria.
Description: Governments and private actors are leveraging the power of big data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to monitor and contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Secure, timely and reliable data collection and sharing on a global scale are critical to understanding how the virus spreads, maximizing the effectiveness of government policies, and promoting international cooperation in the race to create and distribute therapies and vaccines. A demand for closer, forward-looking international collaboration has emerged from the current crisis. Yet, national…
Description: Date and time: 6 July 2020, 14:30 – 16:00 Beirut time / 13:30 – 15:00 Cairo time Building on the findings of the Arab Sustainable Development Report 2020 (ASDR 2020), the first in the region to offer a quantitative and qualitative analysis of all 17 SDGs, ESCWA and the WHO EMRO are jointly organizing a high-level discussion in collaboration with UNICEF and UNFPA on: - What is COVID-19 telling us about the region’s progress on SDG 3 and efforts to ensure the health and well-being of 430+ million people in the Arab world? - How have health systems in the Arab world responded to COVID-19 and how should they move forward to ensure healthier lives and more resilient health care systems in the region? How can structural transformation in the region’s approach to development articulated in the Arab Sustainable Development Report 2020 guide the way out of COVID-19? For more details, please visit the link to the flyer below. Join us Watch the live broadcast in Arabic on ESCWA’s Facebook. The Sustainable Development Dialogues in the Arab Region is an ASDR 2020 webinar series organized to address priority issues of the region.
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Description: The ongoing pandemic has led several national statistical offices in Asia and the Pacific to conduct rapid assessment surveys on the impact of COVID-19. Some of these surveys have taken the form of knowledge, attitude and practices assessments, while others have collected more comprehensive information on the social and/or economic impact of the pandemic. This third session of the Stats Café, organized by ESCAP, ILO and UNICEF, was aimed at exchanging experience and lessons from conducting rapid assessment surveys, of both households and businesses, on the impact of COVID-19. The Stats Café session covered: Rapid assessment surveys of businesses Rapid assessment surveys of households Capturing impacts on employment and unpaid work The Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building rapid support to help countries respond Additional resources: ILO's COVID-19 and Labour Statistics ILO - Specific guide on content for rapid surveys Australia - Business surveys Australia - Infographic for its business survey Australia - Household impacts survey Malaysia infographic of results from their business survey United Kingdom - Latest questions for Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey respondents United Kingdom - Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey questions Articles Chair Gemma Van Halderen is the Director of Statistics Division in ESCAP. Her work is to improve the use of statistics for evidence-based decision making and to develop and disseminate quality statistics for inclusive, sustainable and resilient societies in the ESCAP region. Gemma has extensive experience with the global statistical system through the UN Statistical Commission and UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management. Panelists John Shepherd is the General Manager leading the Industry Statistics Division, Australian Bureau of Statistics, responsible for developing, compiling, analysing and disseminating statistical information across a range of sectors including Agriculture, Environment, Building and Construction, Transport, Tourism, Financial Institutions, Innovation and Technology, etc. The Division is focussed on working with its partners to provide a strong information base for policy development and evaluation. John joined the ABS in June 2019 after a lengthy career at the Australian Taxation Office, leading significant change programs and projects focused on improving the client experience. Hataichanok Chinauparwat is currently the Director of Statistical Forecasting Division of the National Statistical Office of Thailand (TNSO). Her responsibilities include overseeing the production of indexes and indicators on social and economic aspects, the compilation and integration of statistics from various agencies, including dissemination, and statistical information services. In earlier roles Hataichanok was the Inspector responsible for coordinating the work of Thailand’s Provincial Statistical Offices and the Director of the Statistical System Management Division. She has worked as a statistician for 25 years, specializing in survey design, in particular sampling techniques. Elisa Benes works as Senior Statistician in the LFS Methodology Team at the ILO Department of Statistics in Geneva. She has extensive experience in conceptual development, household survey methodology and mixed testing methods. She led the adoption of the 19th ICLS standards on statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization, and is co-leading ILOs LFS testing work to issue practical survey guidance. Prior to joining the ILO she worked in social, demographic and gender statistics in the UN Statistics Division and at UNECE, and as a survey manager in the private sector and academia. Talip Kilic is a Senior Economist at the World Bank Development Data Group; a member the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) team; and a core team member for the World Development Report 2021 on Data for Better Lives. His research focuses on poverty, agriculture, and gender in low- and middle-income countries, as well as survey methodology to improve the quality, timeliness and policy-relevance of household and farm surveys. In the latter line of work, objective measurement, including through sensor deployment; research on policy implications of non-classical measurement error in survey data; and integration with geospatial, census, administrative and mobile data are of interest to him. Q&A moderator Jan Smit is the Regional Adviser on Official Statistics for the 2030 Agenda at ESCAP’s Statistics Division. He works with national statistical offices and other entities comprising national statistical systems in Asia and the Pacific to strengthen their capacity to produce data and statistics for the Sustainable Development Goals. An economist by training, Jan earlier held various other positions at ESCAP in statistics development and in programme management. --------------------- >> See others Asia-Pacific Stats Café series
Title in Arabic: مؤشرات الصحة ضمن إطار أهداف التنمية المستدامة 2030
Organizer(s): AITRS Arab Development Portal
Description: تأتي هذه السلسلة في ظل أزمة صحية عالمية، أدت إلى ما كان من المفترض أن يكون عقد من العمل على أهداف التنمية المستدامة إلى العمل لمواجهة صدمة اجتماعية واقتصادية. وعلى أثر تفشي هذا الفيروس، فرضت معظم البلدان العربية سلسلة من تدابير الاحتواء، بما في ذلك إغلاق الحدود، وحظر التجول الليلي، كما أغلقت أماكن التجمع من مرافق عامة ومطاعم وأماكن العمل ومدارس وجامعات في محاولة للتصدي لانتشار الفيروس في أنحاء البلاد. ومع استمرار انتشار هذا الوباء، أدت تدابير الاحتواء التي اعتمدتها الحكومات إلى تأثيرات سلبية على النظم الإحصائية الوطنية التي تواجه تحديات غير مسبوقة. فإن الإغلاق الكامل أو الجزئي لأماكن العمل قد أجبر المكاتب الإحصائية الوطنية والمؤسسات الحكومية والوزارات التحول إلى ترتيبات العمل عن بعد، ذلك مع احتمال عدم وجود التجهيزات اللازمة في البيوت من اتصال بالأنترنت للحفاظ على الأنشطة الجارية، خاصة في البلدان التي لديها بنية تحتية ضعيفة لتكنولوجيا المعلومات والاتصالات، والذي يؤدي إلى تأخير في انتاج ونشر الإحصاءات الرسمية والمسوح والتعدادات. لذلك، فتواجه المكاتب الإحصائية الوطنية والوزارات المعنية تحديًا مزدوجًا: توفير الاستمرارية والحفاظ على الحد الأدنى من جودة البيانات مع الاستجابة أيضًا للطلبات الجديدة في ظل أزمة كورونا. تهدف هذه الورشة إلى تعريف المشاركين بمؤشرات الصحة المدرجة ضمن أهداف التنمية المستدامة خاصة ما كان منها تحت الهدف 3: "ضمان تمتّع الجميع بأنماط عيش صحية وبالرفاهية في جميع الأعمار" وأيضاً تحت الأهداف الأخرى لترسيخ النهج العالمي في وضع الصحة في قلب التنمية المستدامة والنظر لمؤشرات الصحة كقياس لتقدم الدول نحو تحقيق أهداف التنمية، وكذلك تعزيز معرفتهم بمفاهيمها وتعريفها وغاياتها ومصادر بياناتها وطرق احتسابها، وسُبل تلبية
Description: In the midst of the current global COVID-19 crisis, there is an unprecedented need for data to not only enable decision makers to inform policies and planning but to also minimize the risk for all especially the vulnerable population groups. For this purpose, timely data disaggregated by age, sex, location and other markers is important to inform decision makers and the general public. From the point of view of the statistical community, are we ready for such a huge challenge? What do we learn from this challenge and experiences? Governments are working together with partners at the national and global level to deal with the current emergency by adapting innovative production methods and processes to ensure collection of critical data at various levels. Daily case information is being collected to provide demographic information disaggregated by various markers. Data collected by National Statistics Offices are also being used to forecast gaps in the required health service resources, such as hospital beds, to respond to the crisis effectively. Also critical is to translate data into actionable, ready-to-use information and insights to benefit decision-makers. Bring experiences from 3 entities working at the forefront of this crisis to provide data support Highlight the challenges and lessons learnt to improve the data collection and provide sufficient empirical data to respond to the pandemic The webinar is part of the UN World Data Forum webinar series that aims to showcase some examples on how national and international organisations are leveraging various techniques and methodologies to provide up-to-date information to decision-makers to mitigate the global COVID-19 crisis. Speakers Moderator: Amanda Glassman, Executive Vice President of CGD, CEO of CGD Europe, and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development Panelist: Christopher J.L. Murray, MD, DPhil, Institute Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), Professor and Chair of Health Metrics Sciences at the University of Washington Panelist: Ramesh Krishnamurthy, PhD, MPH, PHIF, Senior Advisor, Division of Data, Analytics and Delivery for Impact, World Health Organization Presentation Panelist: Frankie Kay, Interim Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Data Capability, Office for National Statistics, UK Presentation Panelist: Wilma Ascano-Guillen, Assistant National Statistician, Social Sector Statistics Service, Sectoral Statistics Office, Philippine Statistics Authority Presentation Speakers' bios
Organizer(s): International Association of Privacy Professionals Future of Privacy Forum United States
Description: Privacy and civil liberties are increasingly a point of inflection as efforts to collect and use population data to contain, mitigate and fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus are launched. The workshop will address issues arising out of the quest to preserve our civil liberties and democratic values while allowing for ethical uses of data in times of crisis. For this closed interactive session, UN Global Pulse will join a number of experts on data governance and…
Title in Arabic: مؤشرات الصحة ضمن اهداف التنمية المستدامة 2030
Organizer(s): AITRS ESCWA SESRIC
Description: ضمن خطة عمل المعهد لعام 2019، نظم المعهد هذه الورشة يوم 30 ديسمبر عن بعد حول الرصد والابلاغ عن مؤشرات الصحة في أطار أهداف التنمية المستدامة 2030 وجاء تنظيم هذه الورشة بالتعاون مع البوابة العربية للتنمية التابعة لبرنامج الأمم المتحدة الإنمائي -مكتب الدول العربية وهي استكمالا للدورة التي نظمها المعهد في 8 أغسطس 2019 وتاتي اهمية هذه الدورة الى زيادة المعرفة بمؤشرات الصحة المدرجة ضمن أهداف التنمية المستدامة وسُبل تلبية احتياجات قياسها وإعداد تقارير دورية حولها من قبل الأجهزة الإحصائية الوطنية وبالتعاون والتنسيق مع المؤسسات الوطنية الأخرى الرسمية والخاصة. هدفت الورشة الى: إطلاع المشاركين على المؤشرات الصحية المندرجة تحت أهداف التنمية المستدامة 2030، ذات الصلة وتعزيز معرفتهم بمفاهيمها وتعريفها وكذلك بياناتها التعريفية وغاياتها ومصادر بياناتها وطرق احتسابها؛ إدراك المشاركين للتداخل الموجود بين جهود المنظمات الإقليمية والعالمية وحتمية التنسيق بينها، وخاصة أن هناك 19 من المؤشرات المستندة على برنامج عمل المؤشر الدولي للسكان والتنمية 1994 وعددها 39 مؤشراً؛ تزويد المشاركين في الورشة بالتعريف المعتمد للمؤشرات الصحية التي تقع تحت أهداف التنمية المستدامة خاصة ما كان منها تحت الهدف 3: "ضمان تمتّع الجميع بأنماط عيش صحية وبالرفاهية في جميع الأعمار"، وهي مؤشرات تقع تحت رعاية خالصة من منظمة الصحة العالمية أو تشترك فيها مع منظمات أخرى؛ إطلاع المشاركين على مؤشرات أخرى من مؤشرات أهداف التنمية المستدامة والتي تتصل بالقضايا الصحية، التي تلعب منظمة الصحة العالمية دورا هاما في انتاجها. تم تنشيط الورشة من قبل الخبير الاقتصادي أحمد رشاد من برنامج الأمم المتحدة الإنمائي-المكتب الإقليمي للدول العربية واعتمد أسلوب التدريب على عرض محاضرات نظرية وعروض تقديمية إضافة الى مناقشات تفاعلية عبر الانترنت وعرض تجارب بعض الدول المشاركة في الورشة. سجل في الورشة 34 مشارك من 14 دولة عربية شارك منهم 29 مشارك من مكاتب الإحصاء ووزارات الصحة.
Description: الهدف الرئيسي من ورشة العمل هو تبادل الخبرات الوطنية والإقليمية وتسهيل التعاون داخل الإقليم لإنتاج وتحليل بيانات للأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة بشكل أفضل. سيناقش الاجتماع ما يلي: تدابير جديدة تتعلق بأداء الوظائف لدى الأطفال والتعليم الشامل والعمل تنسيق وتحسين إنتاج إحصاءات الإعاقة في تعدادات جولة عام 2020 ومسوحات الأسر المعيشية المستقبلية أحدث ممارسات جيدة من البلدان التي تنفذ الأساليب والإرشادات الموحدة لجمع بيانات الإعاقة مصادر بديلة لجمع البيانات ومقترحات لتنسيق إطار الرصد مسودة المصطلحات حول إحصاءات الإعاقة
Description: The question of how to feed a growing global population has been central to discussions around population and development for decades. While the Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development highlighted the problem of undernutrition, today's discussion of malnutrition is broader and includes stunting, wasting, overweight and obesity, as well as micronutrient deficiencies. Moreover, there is an increasing recognition of the challenges to food security posed by factors such as climate change, conflict and economic downturns. Recognizing the importance and timeliness of these topics, the United Nations Commission on Population and Development decided in 2018 that the thematic focus of its fifty-third session in 2020 would be "Population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development". In preparation for the upcoming session, the Population Division of UN DESA will convene an expert group meeting on this topic, to be held in New York from 16 to 17 September 2019. The expert meeting is expected to provide substantive inputs for the preparation of the reports of the Secretary-General on the special theme of the fifty-third session of the Commission on Population and Development. In particular, the meeting will result in draft recommendations on ways in which the Commission can contribute to the international dialogue on the issues.
Source: GCC Stat (Data extracted on: 17 May 2019 )
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Description: أهداف الورشة: التعرف على مفهوم الاعاقة وتصنيفاتها عالمياً، وأهم الطرق والمناهج في مجال تصنيف الإعاقة. أهمية تصنيف الاعاقة والمشكلات التي تواجهها على المستوى الخليجي والعالمي مع إمكانية توحيد عملية التصنيف في دول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربي. أحدث المقاييس العالمية ودورها في التشخيص والتصنيف للأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة. التأثيرات النفسية والاجتماعية الواقعة على الأسر والاشخاص ذوي الاعاقة من عملية التصنيف. استعراض التجارب الدولية الناجحة من عملية التصنيف للأشخاص ذوي الاعاقة والفائدة المرجوة لهم ولأسرهم .
