Posted on November 8, 2013 by Rhian in News In partnership with StatsSA, the Africa Centre, the Dikgale HDSS and the INDEPTH secretariat, the INDEPTH International Scientific Conference 2013 was hosted at the new Wits School of Public Health buildings, Johannesburg in November 2013. Apart from a phenomenal scientific
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MSC Field Based Epi fieldtrip Oct 2013
Posted on November 6, 2013 by Rhian in News 12 Wits students spent a week in Agincourt during their MSc in Field Based Epi/MA Demography courses. Its a full week – but full of practical learning and we got great reviews from the students. We from Agincourt wish them all
Mark Collinson and Suleiman Afolabi in Korea
Posted on November 6, 2013 by Rhian in News Mark Collinson and Sulaiman Afolabi, both from the Acornhoek offices, attended the IUSSP (International Union for the Scientific Study of Population) Conference in Busan, South Korea from the 26-31st August, 2013. Their oral presentation was titled: The Relationship between AIDS/TB Mortality and Migration
MADIMAH – The INDEPTH Migration, Urbanisation and Health Working Group
Posted on November 6, 2013 by Rhian in News The MADIMAH Project (multi-centre analysis in the dynamics of migration and health) is glad to have updated their web-presence on the INDEPTH website. Visit the site on http://www.indepth-network.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&Itemid=219
The Lancet Global Health editorial cites INDEPTH’s data repository and INDEPTHStats as ‘the good’
Posted on August 16, 2013 by Rhian in News The editor of The Lancet Global Health, Zoë Mullan, in The Lancet Global Health, Volume 1, Issue 2, August 2013 states: “Osman Sankoh and fellow INDEPTH Network colleagues announce a new freely accessible repository of Health and Demographic Surveillance System data
Census 2013 launched
Posted on August 16, 2013 by Rhian in News Standing around the marula tree singing Nkosi Sikelel‘ iAfrika marks the start of the Agincourt census every year. Its the end of a long road of preparation, recruitment, training, printing, thought and is a moment of hopeful anticipation for THE BEST CENSUS
Retention
Posted on June 23, 2013 by Rhian in News With the increased numbers of cohorts in the Agincourt HDSS research site, we are trying out new retention techniques. For the Swa Koteka project, where young women come on Saturdays and Sundays to attend data collection camps in the Agincourt main
Census Extension
Posted on April 23, 2013 by Rhian in News In early 2013 the Agincourt Unit expanded its research site into four villages adjacent to the existing research site. Between February and March, a team of 24 experienced fieldworkers, led by 4 supervisors visited nearly 4400 structures and identified roughly 3066
Lazarus Mona retires (the unit’s first official retiree)
Posted on February 15, 2013 by Rhian in News Laz’s retiring speech 15 January 2013 After working for the MRC/Wits Agincourt Unit since 1992, Lazarus Mona, the Unit’s handyman and driver, retired on the 15th January 2013. We wish him the best.
International Scientific Advisory Group (ISAB) meeting Jan 2013
Posted on January 24, 2013 by Rhian in News ISAB 2013 in Cunningmore A The Unit had a very productive ISAB meeting in January 2013. Highlights included positive and constructive feedback from the ISAB, as well as an informative site visit, which included a talk by a One Man