The IUSSP International Population Conference will be held in Cape Town from 28 October to 4 November 2017. Mark Collinson is a member of the National Organising Committee (NOC), hosted by Statistics South Africa, which has been tasked with preparing for and hosting the conference. The preparation involved, firstly, creating
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HAALSI grant renewed-National Institute of Aging (NIA) has renewed funding for MRC/Wits Agincourt
We are pleased to announce that the National Institute of Aging (NIA) has renewed funding for one of the MRC/Wits Agincourt Unit’s signature studies, Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa” (HAALSI). The study, a collaboration with the HARVARD Population Centre , began in 2014 with baseline data
Agincourt HDSS is set to Adopt Paperless System of Data Collection
E-Census Manual The Agincourt health and demographic surveillance system (Agincourt HDSS) also known as MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit is set to adopt a paperless system of data collection for its 2017 annual census and this is tagged E-Census. Prior the adoption of electronic system, the
Agincourt Data Scientists won Big Data Prize
Louise Corti (Director), Sulaimon Afolabi, Daniel Ohene-Kwofie, Mamello Nchake and Sibanisezwe Khumalo Agincourt Data scientists, Sulaimon Afolabi, Danie Ohene-Kwofie and Mamello Nchake (National University of Lesotho), and Sibanisezwe Khumalo (Fort Hare University) comprise a team named SYNERGY that received an award for the best team that could implement a project
Practical guide for preparing HDSS data for Analysis: A video tutorial by Afolabi
Sulaimon Afolabi has published a youtube video tutorial titled, “Practical Guide for Preparing Health & Demographic Surveillance System Data for Analysis using Stata”. . This is done with him having the the following study objectives in mind. That is, for the would-be user of Health & Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS)
Dr. Soter Ameh wins at the Cross-Faculty Symposium
Dr. Soter Ameh won the first prize for the oral presentation in the Faculty of Health Sciences and the second prize for the Cross-Faculty oral presentation at the Cross-Faculty Symposium which was held in March 2016. Dr Ameh receiving prize from the Vice Chancellor Prof Prof Vilakazi
Dr Ryan Wagner gets his PhD
Ryan got his PhD and is now Dr Wagner. His PhD titled “The burden of epilepsy: Using population-based data to define the burden and model a cost-effective intervention for the treatment of epilepsy in rural South Africa” was featured on the front page of Umeå University’s website (English version)http://www.umu.se/english/about-umu/news-events/news/newsdetailpage/community-interventions-needed-to-close-epilepsy-treatment-gap-can-be-cost-effective.cid269550. The
Dr Mark Collinson from the MRC/Wits Agincourt Unit at the 2016 Community Survey statistical release
Attendants at the 2016 Community Survey statistical release: Minister in the Presidency, the Honourable Jeff Radebe (centre), Deputy Director-General of Statistics SA, Kefiloe Masiteng (on his right), Dr Mark Collinson and ‘Isibalo’ Young African Statisticians Dr Mark Collinson was at the Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) event to release
Agincourt takes World Health Awareness Day seriously
Nursing staff working in the MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt) renewing their nurses pledge by candlelight in front of staff to whom they gave a free health talk (picture by Zola Myakayaka) The Agincourt HDSS is fortunate to have dedicated and passionate clinical staff working
Donation of blankets to Hlayisekani Nursing Home in Huntington
We were fortunate, through Alex Scholtz, to receive a few blankets through the Mandela 67 minutes knitting project, and we decided to donate these to the Hlayisekani Nursing Home in Huntington. This old age home was started by a very enthusiastic and committed young man (24 years old), Panic Nyiko Mokoena.