News Stay up to date with D4I’s work, news, and events around the world. Looking for an expert for a story? We’ve got experts available to comment on a range of issues, including maternal and child health, family planning, and reproductive health care. Contact us at D4I@unc.edu. Data for Impact Wins USAID’s 2023 CLA Case Competition for Work in Moldova By harnessing the power of locally-led CLA, D4I has created a cultural shift in using data to improve child outcomes in Moldova. Evidence of the cultural shift toward data use is seen in the now oft-repeated phrase by Moldovan decision makers and practitioners, “We cannot improve what we cannot measure.” D4I at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference 2023 Authors: Emmanuel Adegbe, Lead Country Consultant, Data for Impact; David Adekunle Fasiku, Director, Data Research and Mapping Consult, Ltd. (DRMC); Jessica Fehringer, Director, Data for Impact/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; David Hotchkiss, Researcher, Data for Impact; Siân Curtis, Principal Investigator, Data for Impact/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Titus Ojewumi, Project Management Specialist (M&E), USAID/Nigeria, Nigeria; Liz Millar, Research Associate, Data for Impact/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Samson Babatunde Adebayo, Researcher, Data Research and Mapping Consult, Ltd. (DRMC); Justus Uzim, Project Management Specialist (M&E), USAID/Nigeria; Paul-Samson Lusamba-Dikassa, Lead Country Consultant, Data for Impact D4I’s Work in Moldova Wins Global Impact Award D4I has worked with the Chisinau Municipality to map the needs of nearly 3,000 children and to implement the ‘Help Me to Help You’ campaign, which provided information on available municipal services to over 315,300 refugees and citizens hosting refugees in their homes. Following the mapping activity, services provided by Chisinau Municipality were adapted and provided to address these needs, including support for legal documentation and asylum application, medical services, educational services, child protection services, social assistance services, and community services such as daycare centers, extracurricular activities, camps, and youth centers. Op-Ed: When hell breaks loose in heaven D4I at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference (IMNHC) 2023 Presenters: Jacqueline Minja, Research Scientist, Ifakara Health Institute; Donat Shamba, Senior Research Scientist, Ifakara Health Institute Learning Labs in Bangladesh In September 2022, Mamun Ibn Bashar, Statistical officer, Health System and Population Studies Division (HSPSD) of icddr,b, presented on “Tools to estimate mortality: Pros and Cons,” sharing the nuances of estimating mortality (child and adult) using a number of methods. Mamun participated in previous D4I-led workshops in 2022 on understanding BDHS datasets and longitudinal data analysis. Using Group-Based Trajectory and Prediction Modeling to Understand Under-Five Mortality In addition to identifying important predictors of under-five mortality, this study yielded important findings pertaining to grouping the countries by mortality rate. All 21 LMICs in the group with the lowest mortality rates have already achieved Sustainable Development Goal Three, which aims to provide adequate healthcare and end preventable child deaths. Encouragingly, the 18 countries in the group with the highest mortality rates showed the highest declines in under-five mortality rates over the study period. Opinion Editorials on Health, Nutrition, and Population Read the full op-ed at https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/11/12/op-ed-fighting-to-breathe Storytelling with Data Pneumonia in Bangladesh: Where we are and what need to do Dissemination Seminar on Bangladesh Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey 2019-20 Part 3: Student Presentations and Discussion Data for Impact at HSR2020 Assessing the Income Sources of Frontline Health Workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Implications for the Health Workforce and the People They ServePoster by David Hotchkiss, PhD; Janna Wisniewski, PhD; Lauren Blum, PhD; Paul-Samson Lusamba-Dikassa, MD, PhD Dr. Patrick Kayembe—A Public Health Giant; A Valued Colleague His first love and lifelong commitment was to his native DRC. His work spanned four decades in HIV/AIDS programming and policy, family planning, behavior change, clinical trials, Ebola, malaria, maternal and newborn health, and most recently the response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Data for Impact to Publish Quarterly Monitor Newsletter D4I’s evaluation was a mixed-methods study to learn about the referral networks among DREAMS-related facilities. Referrals are necessary for the full functioning of DREAMS because the program crosses many sectors. African Evaluation Association 2019 Conference View the original post on the MEASURE Evaluation site. UNC Awarded $48 Million D4I Project to Support Data Use and Evidence Building in Global Health Generate evidence needed for health decision making through the appropriate use of routine and non-routine data sources and develop new understanding through innovative, rigorous, and efficient methods, approaches, and tools
Data for Impact Wins USAID’s 2023 CLA Case Competition for Work in Moldova By harnessing the power of locally-led CLA, D4I has created a cultural shift in using data to improve child outcomes in Moldova. Evidence of the cultural shift toward data use is seen in the now oft-repeated phrase by Moldovan decision makers and practitioners, “We cannot improve what we cannot measure.”
D4I at the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference 2023 Authors: Emmanuel Adegbe, Lead Country Consultant, Data for Impact; David Adekunle Fasiku, Director, Data Research and Mapping Consult, Ltd. (DRMC); Jessica Fehringer, Director, Data for Impact/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; David Hotchkiss, Researcher, Data for Impact; Siân Curtis, Principal Investigator, Data for Impact/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Titus Ojewumi, Project Management Specialist (M&E), USAID/Nigeria, Nigeria; Liz Millar, Research Associate, Data for Impact/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Samson Babatunde Adebayo, Researcher, Data Research and Mapping Consult, Ltd. (DRMC); Justus Uzim, Project Management Specialist (M&E), USAID/Nigeria; Paul-Samson Lusamba-Dikassa, Lead Country Consultant, Data for Impact
D4I’s Work in Moldova Wins Global Impact Award D4I has worked with the Chisinau Municipality to map the needs of nearly 3,000 children and to implement the ‘Help Me to Help You’ campaign, which provided information on available municipal services to over 315,300 refugees and citizens hosting refugees in their homes. Following the mapping activity, services provided by Chisinau Municipality were adapted and provided to address these needs, including support for legal documentation and asylum application, medical services, educational services, child protection services, social assistance services, and community services such as daycare centers, extracurricular activities, camps, and youth centers.
D4I at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference (IMNHC) 2023 Presenters: Jacqueline Minja, Research Scientist, Ifakara Health Institute; Donat Shamba, Senior Research Scientist, Ifakara Health Institute
Learning Labs in Bangladesh In September 2022, Mamun Ibn Bashar, Statistical officer, Health System and Population Studies Division (HSPSD) of icddr,b, presented on “Tools to estimate mortality: Pros and Cons,” sharing the nuances of estimating mortality (child and adult) using a number of methods. Mamun participated in previous D4I-led workshops in 2022 on understanding BDHS datasets and longitudinal data analysis.
Using Group-Based Trajectory and Prediction Modeling to Understand Under-Five Mortality In addition to identifying important predictors of under-five mortality, this study yielded important findings pertaining to grouping the countries by mortality rate. All 21 LMICs in the group with the lowest mortality rates have already achieved Sustainable Development Goal Three, which aims to provide adequate healthcare and end preventable child deaths. Encouragingly, the 18 countries in the group with the highest mortality rates showed the highest declines in under-five mortality rates over the study period.
Opinion Editorials on Health, Nutrition, and Population Read the full op-ed at https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/11/12/op-ed-fighting-to-breathe
Dissemination Seminar on Bangladesh Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Survey 2019-20 Part 3: Student Presentations and Discussion
Data for Impact at HSR2020 Assessing the Income Sources of Frontline Health Workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Implications for the Health Workforce and the People They ServePoster by David Hotchkiss, PhD; Janna Wisniewski, PhD; Lauren Blum, PhD; Paul-Samson Lusamba-Dikassa, MD, PhD
Dr. Patrick Kayembe—A Public Health Giant; A Valued Colleague His first love and lifelong commitment was to his native DRC. His work spanned four decades in HIV/AIDS programming and policy, family planning, behavior change, clinical trials, Ebola, malaria, maternal and newborn health, and most recently the response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19.
D4I’s evaluation was a mixed-methods study to learn about the referral networks among DREAMS-related facilities. Referrals are necessary for the full functioning of DREAMS because the program crosses many sectors.
African Evaluation Association 2019 Conference View the original post on the MEASURE Evaluation site.
UNC Awarded $48 Million D4I Project to Support Data Use and Evidence Building in Global Health Generate evidence needed for health decision making through the appropriate use of routine and non-routine data sources and develop new understanding through innovative, rigorous, and efficient methods, approaches, and tools
