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INDEPTH invites to its 10th AGM in Accra, GhanaThe INDEPTH Secretariat wishes to invite to our 10th AGM at the Mensvic Hotel, East Legon in Accra, Ghana from 27-30 September 2010. Theme INDEPTH: Lessons for the future direction in demographic and health research in developing countries We utilise our AGM every year mainly as a scientific forum for members and others to share their research based on health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSSs). The AGM also does administrative business. For the scientific aspects such as calls for abstracts, please contact Dr. Ayaga Bawah. For all other arrangements, please contact our AGM Co-ordinator Mrs Felicia Manu Asamoa. More details To have an idea of how our AGMs are organised, see last year's programme: AGM 2009 Progamme of Activities Principal Investigators for INDEPTH StudiesEach INDEPTH study will be led by a Principal Investigator (PI) who is selected from among the researchers participating in the study based on his/her qualification, experience, and expressed commitment to lead the study. The participating researchers will nominate the PI to the Executive Director. The ED then presents the PI to the INDEPTH Board for ratification. The PI is responsible for the execution of the study including design, data collection, analysis and reporting. The Secretariat in Accra will support the PI in execution of the study. It is sometimes necessary to establish a satellite secretariat in the country where the PI is based for the duration of the project. These satellite secretariats are guided by INDEPTH policies. The Accra secretariat works closely with the satellite secretariat to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of operations. The INDEPTH Standard for Data QualityINDEPTH will invest resources to assure high quality data generated at its member sites so that an INDEPTH Stamp for Data Quality will be issued in the longrun. Starting with the MINIMUM DATA SET condition which is now used for site membership, the Secretariat is establishing in consultation with the Scientific Advisory Committee and other stakeholders, a DATA QUALITY INSPECTION TEAM. As a first step, the Secretariat is providing on this website a RESOURCE CENTRE for DATA ASSURANCE. The Resource Centre will contain a pool of resources including:
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(February 2010)
Dr. Osman Sankoh Dear INDEPTH Family, The Hewlett Foundation announced awardsincluding a grant of $1 million to the INDEPTH Network. For more than thirty years, INDEPTH has gathered demographic data on more than 2 million people across Africa, Asia and Oceania to better understand how government policies and programs affect the well-being of a country's citizens. The grant is part of a broader Hewlett effort to fund research to better understand how population dynamics and poverty affect one another. For the full news from the Hewlett Foundation, please click on the following link: http://www.hewlett.org/news/from-good-government-in-africa-to-neighborhood-theater-in-san-jose Best wishes, Osman  News Flash
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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
