The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Program is seeking applications for an eight day malaria data analysis workshop to be held in or around Accra, Ghana from March 6-14, 2017.
The regional workshop will teach participants to analyze Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) data sets with a special focus on malaria data. The statistical software Stata 14 will be provided for use during the workshop. The content of the workshop includes sampling/weighting of survey data, recoding variables, computation of malaria indicators, linear/logistic regression, and data use for decision making. Participants will work in teams of 2-3 people throughout the workshop to answer a pre-identified malaria-related research question through analysis of DHS/MIS data. The final product will be a draft of an abstract for submission to a scientific journal or conference.
Interested applicants must meet the following criteria:
Applications should include the following items:
Please note that all workshop expenses will be covered (except round-trip airfare and transport to the airport in the participant’s home country) and statistical software will be provided. Round trip airfare and transport to the airport should be covered by the participant or by their employer. If your institution is unable to pay for airfare, a limited number of travel fellowships will be available.
Please send applications and inquiries to Ms. Arlene Iriho (malaria@dhsprogram.com) no later than January 9, 2017.
For information on DHS and MIS surveys please visit www.dhsprogram.com.
Download the application here>>