In July 2018, The DHS Program welcomed visitors from Senegal who came to the office to finalize the reports for the 2017 Continuous Survey (Continuous DHS (EDS-C) and Continuous SPA (ECPSS)). Don’t read French? You can use the translate feature at the top of the page! Nom, titre et organisation : Samba NDIAYE, Chef de […]
Click here for a French translation A life of service to global health, data, and cross-cultural collaboration On October 14th 2018, Bernard Barrère, Deputy Director of The DHS Program, passed away from complications of esophageal cancer. Bernard served The DHS Program for 29 years in various capacities. He will be remembered as a pillar of […]
Name: Erica Nybro Position title: Senior Advisor for Communication What is your role at The DHS Program? I lead the communication and dissemination team at The DHS Program, supporting activities that make DHS data accessible and easy to use. Languages spoken: English and French Favorite DHS survey cover: Because the dissemination team uses the covers as […]
Name: Dr. Sunita Kishor Position title: Director, The DHS Program What is your role at The DHS Program? To lead, inspire, foster innovation, nurture staff, solve problems, and celebrate successes When did you start at The DHS Program? October 1993. Yup—just a few months shy of my 25th anniversary! Languages spoken: English, Hindi, Urdu, and […]
In December 2017 The DHS Program welcomed visitors from Burundi. This post is one in a series of interviews with DHS headquarters. Don’t read French? You can use the translate feature at the top of the page. Name: Jean Marie Nkeshimana (Chef de Service, Institut de Statistiques et d’Études Économiques du Burundi (ISTEEBU)), Hermengilde (Hermès) Mbonicuye […]
Name: Gulnara Semenov Position title: Senior Medical Officer What is your role at The DHS Program? I served as Regional Coordinator for Anglophone Africa, Asia, Europe and Eurasia and as a survey manager for DHS and Service Provision Assessment (SPA) surveys for the last 15 years. I was responsible for negotiating scope, content, logistics, and […]
Did you know that nutrition is one of the most published topics using data from The DHS Program? This shows what a major resource The DHS Program is for nutrition-related policy, programs, and research. Recognizing the important contribution of nutrition data, two new nutrition experts have recently joined The DHS Program team, Drs. Sorrel Namaste […]
Many DHS countries have completed 3, 4, or 5 surveys, and look forward to their next DHS to examine trends and assess progress. But the 2015-16 Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey (MDHS) was the first DHS conducted, providing, for the first time ever, internationally comparable and nationally representative DHS data. For Myanmar, this is an […]
Name: Trevor Croft Position title: Technical Director/Capacity Strengthening Technical Coordinator (way too much and doesn’t really capture what I do). Languages spoken: French (not great, but workable), Spanish (pretty weak, but I have worked in Spanish speaking countries), a smattering of Russian (when I worked in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Armenia), and a few words […]
De gauche à droite: José Miguel Guzmán, Louise Ranaivo, Victor Rabeza Rafaralahy, Irène Hanitra Ranaivoarison, and Marius Randriamanambintsoa In January 2017, The DHS Program welcomed visitors from Madagascar. This post is one in a series of interviews with visitors to DHS headquarters. Don’t read French? You can use the translate feature at the top of the page! Nom, titre et organisation : Louise […]