Draft Programme
Theme: Better Lives 2030: Mobilising the power of data for Africa and the world.
The International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS), the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and the Republic of Zambia – Zambia Statistics Agency are pleased to announce the draft programme for the 2023 Conference for your reference.
Plenary â Opening ceremony. |
Opening remarks: Mr. Mulenga JJ Musepa, Statistician General, Zambia Statistics Agency Chair: Mr. Misha Belkindas, President, International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS)
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Parallel Sessions #1 Time: 11:30-13:00: |
Room 1:Â Session R1.1 (Contributed Paper Session) Chair:Â Mr. Oliver Chinganya, Director, African Centre for Statistics, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
C1.2. The 2022 Population and Housing Census (PHC) conducted in Tanzania, what Lessons and challenges can be learned and addressed? Titus Mwisomba C1.4. CSPro Android Implementations in African Population and Housing Censuses: Observed Opportunities and Challenges Oliver Fischer By Mr. Oliver Fischer, Chief, International Programs Center United States Census Bureau Suitland, MD â USA oliver.p.fischer@census.gov C2.1. More efficient use of Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys (HCES) to inform Food Security. By Mr. Owen Siyoto, Statistics Norway (Dr A Mathiassen, EC KiÃļsterud) and COMESA Secretariat Zambiaâs perspective on 2022 E-Census Mubita Sikufele |
Room 2: Session R2.1 (Panel session) Chair: Emily Poskett, Head of International Development Team, Office for National Statistics (UK) |
S2.1 Early experiences of delivering statistical leadership training within an African National Statistical Office Panellists 1. Anjana Dube 2. Angela Kiconco 3. Maria Isabella 4. Dominique Francoz 5. Lean Wambugu/Sarah Omache Discussant: Denise Lievesley |
Room 3:Â Session R3.1:Â Panel session Chair: Lukasz Augustyniak |
S3.1. The importance of good communication of official statistics for informing modern societies Organizers:Â Eurostat Panellists 1. Julieta Brambila 2. Dominik Rozkrut 3. Bruno Tissot 4. Leandre Foster Ngogang Wandji Discussant:Â Lukasz Augustyniak |
Room 4:Â Session R4.1 Chair: Gabriella Vukovich |
C2.1. From data to actions: new skills for deciding in a fluid world Fabrice Bloch â France â Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (INSEE) â fabrice.bloch@insee.fr C2.3. Understanding the Underlying Problems or Challenges Okello Francis C4.3. The importance of using new visualizing tools to keep up big data era Abdullah Mohamed Nagib, Mahmoud Mohamed ElSarawy, ESLSCA University, Cairo, C3.15. Case Study: GCC-STAT Experience in Developing Dissemination Strategy Yaqoob Khamis Al Hadhrami Key words: Dissemination Strategy, Official Statistics, Responsive |
Room 5:Â Session R5.1: Panel Session Chair: Matthew Shearing |
S5.2. Statistics in the scientific landscape of data science and machine learning Organizers: Arnoldo Frigessi Panellists 1. Arnoldo Frigessi 2. Kerrie Mengersen 3. TBC 4. TBC Discussant: TBC |
Room 6:Â Session R6.1- Panel session Chair: Linda Peters |
S2.2. Modernizing Census with Geographic information system (GIS) Organizer: ESRI Panellists 1. Richard Estephan 2. Kate Hess 3. TBC 4. TBC Discussant: Linda Peters |
Room 7: Session R7.1 â Chair: Lizzie Chikoti |
C2.4. Factors affecting studentsâ achievement in Mathematics and statistics in secondary schools and its influence on studying statistics at University in Uganda Lillian Ayebale, PhD student, School of Statistics and Planning, Department of Population Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda C2.5. Employability among Statistics Graduates Ashenafi Abate Woya Bahir Dar University, college of since statistics department Email : ashu.abate@gmail.com Phone : +251912389679 C.2.6. Using Nesstar Publisher Tools and Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM) to Develop and Retain Junior Statistician At National Statistical Offices Waleed Ameen Abdelkhalik Mohammed C7.5 What Explains the Duration of the School-to-First-Job Transition in the Republic of Congo? An analysis based on the Poisson Regression Model Bello Fika Henri African Center for International, Diplomatic, Economic and Strategic Studies (CEIDES), YaoundÃĐ, Cameroon, Email: bellofikah@gmail.com,  Tel: (00237) 695 91 12 28 / 654 72 98 86 |
Parallel Sessions #2 Time: 14:00-15:30Â |
Room 1:Â Session R1.2-Panel session Chair: Dominique Francoz |
S2.1. Innovative solutions using administrative and alternative data to support and monitor 2063 and 2030 agendas Organizer: INSEE Panellists 1. Faryal Ahmed 2. Janne Utkilen 3. Liliana Suchodolska Discussant: Timo KoskimÃĪki |
Room 2: Session R2.2 â Chair: Stephen Penneck |
C3.3. Bridging the Gap between Official Statistics and Theoretical Statistics Nelson Ndifwa C3.4. Positioning African National Statistical Systems for Data Revolution and Inclusive Development Olusanya E. Olubusoye C2.7. Ensuring the development of competences and skills to meet the needs for statistics now and in the future Dag Roll-Hansen and Stella Zulu C2.8. Data Science Skills: A Necessary Requirement for Effective Curriculum Delivery in African Tertiary Institution Adeboye Olawale and Popoola Peter |
Room 3:Â Session R3.2 -Panel session Chair: Misha Belkindas |
S4.3 Data Governance, Data Stewardship, and Official Statistics: European Perspective Organizers: Domini A. Rozkrut 1. Lidija BrkoviÄ 2. JÅŦratÄ PetrauskienÄ 3. Dominik A. Rozkrut 4. Athanasios C. Thanopoulos 5. Gabriella Vukovich |
Room 4:Â Session R4.2Â Chair: Beye Babacar |
C7.11 Social Media Analysis for Financial Market Monitoring: Lessons from the Central Bank of Nigeria Babatunde Omotosho C5.34 Bayesian Approaches for Using Historical controls to evaluate public health intervention effectiveness Isaac Fwemba and Chigozie Kelechi Acha C5.50 Evaluation of Some Methods of Detecting Outliers Obikee Adaku Caroline1, Ebuh G.U2, Obiora-Ilouno H.O.   1Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Agriculture and Environmental Science Umuagwo, Nigeria. Email: caroline.obikee@uaes.edu.ng,  2Monetary & Policy Department, Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria Email: president@nsang.org Department of Statistics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. Email: ho.obiorailouno@unizik.edu.ng. Correspondence* caroline.obikee@uaes.edu.ng C7.4 Social Networks Application for official statistics: case study in Iran. Saeed Fayyaz, Arash Fazeli |
Room 5:Â Session R5.2Â Chair: Reija Helenius |
S7.2 Data & Measurements, Policy Making, AI and Machine Learning in Data Analytics Organizers: Vilas Mandlekar Panellists 1. Massoud Moussavi 2. Sonali Nimkar 3. TBC 4. TBC Discussant: TBC |
Room 6: Session R6.2 â Chair: John Pullinger |
C4.1. The importance of data governance to address the new challenges faced by official statistics Bruno Tissot & Irena Krizman C4.4. The value of official statistics: experiences in Mexico Mauricio Marquez-Corona & Marina Gonzalez-Samano C4.4. The future state of data ecosystem in Africa Leandre Ngogang Wandji C3.1. Enhancing the Global Data Ecosystem Through Machine Learning for Official Statistics Nicola Shearman |
Room 7:Â Session R7.2 â Panel session Chair: Christine Wirtz |
S5.1 Health statistics: how individual records shape the understanding of the health systems Organizer:Â Eurostat Panellists 1. Ilze Burkevica 2. Mika Gissler 3. CiarÃĄn Nicholl 4. Ronald Ncube Discussant: Ebba Barany |
Parallel Sessions #3 Time: 16:00-17:30Â |
Room 1: Session R1.3 â Panel Session Chair: Christine Wirtz |
S4.1. Use of new data sources for statistics â the potential for international collaboration and new statistical products Organizer: Eurostat Panellists 1. Monika Wozowzyk 2. John Dunne 3. Patrick Lusyne 4. TBD Discussant: Christine Wirtz |
Room 2: Session R2.3 â Chair: Arnoldo Frigessi |
C5.37 Dynamic predictions from longitudinal CD4 count measures and time to death of HIV/AIDS patients using a Bayesian joint model Feysal Kemal Muhammed C5.38 The effect of long-term Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) treatment on renal outcomes in patients with hepatitis B Gezahegn Mekonnen Woldemedihn C5.40 Technical Efficiency of Primary Health Care services in Zambia-A Stochastic Frontier Approach Isaac Kabunda Bwacha |
Room 3: Session R3.3 â Chair: Lamine Diop |
C5.17 What Explains Differences in Early Child Development Between Urban and Rural Areas in Cameroon? Henri Bello Fika C5.9 Influence of education on fertility level in Zambia â Case study of Namwianga Ward Carlos Muleya C5.20 Parent child sexual communication and its influence on adolescent sexual reproduction health. A systematic review Lillian Ayebale C5.29 Prediction of number of Anemia patients by using a specified machine learning model. Sara Adel Abbas |
Room 4:Â Session R4.3 â Panel Session Chair: Dag Roll-Hansen |
S2.3. How can we help ensure statistical training in Africa is sustainable? Organizer: Dag Roll-Hansen Panellists 1. Vibeke O Nielsen 2. Samir Issara 3. Shailja Sharma 4. Samuel Annim Discussant: Mamadou Cisse |
Room 5:Â Session R5.3 â Panel Session Chair: Anjana Dube |
S1.5. Governance and Institutional Mechanisms Sustaining Resilient and Agile National Statistical Systems: How national regulatory frameworks may contribute to the Organizers: UNSD & UNECA Panellists 1. Albina Chuwa 2. Oliver Chinganya 3. Gabrielle Vukovich 4. Macdonald G. Obudho 5. John Pullinger Discussant: Gabriel Gamez |
Room 6: Session R6.3 â Chair: Semiu Adeyemi Adeniran |
C4.6. Challenges, Opportunities, and Building Partnerships for Official Statistics in the Era of Big Data Popoola Peter and Adeboye Olawale C7.40. National Multidimensional Poverty Index for Zambia Miselo Bwalya C7.6 Job Quality and Poverty in developing countries : evidence from CÃīte dâIvoire Franck Migone C1.9. Zambia National Statistical System and Considerations for Enhancing data Availability Chola Nakazwe Daka |
Room 7: Session R7.3 â Chair: Biyi Fafunmi |
C7.7 The role of career visits on the performance of students in Mathematics Subject in Selected schools of Kampala City, Uganda Gilbert Habaasa C7.8 Determinants of Maize Yield Differences among Smallholder Farmers in Zambia-A Panel Quantile Regression Approach. Isaac Kabunda Bwacha C.6.41. Impacts of agricultural expansion into forest reserves . Justin Munyaka C7.10 Hierarchical Bayesian Spatial Small Area Model for Binary Data Under Spatial Misalignment |
| IPS1 – Chair: Oliver Chinganya Invited speakers 1. Statistics production in Africa: From Tragedy to Strategy? Felicien Donat Accrombessy 2. Sassire Napo, Chairperson, Takwimu Young African Statisticians Programme 3. IAOS Young Statisticians Prize, Misha Belkindas 4. Kenza Sallier, 2020 Young Statistician Prize Winner 5. Elham Sirag and Gautier Gissler, 2021 Young Statistician Prize Winners |
| Session R1.4 – Chair: Gabriella Vukovich |
| C3.2. Measuring Interlinkages Between Sustainable Development Goals ClÃĐment Delecourt |
| C3.5. SDG Progress assessment: Successes, challenges and lessons learnt from Africa Edem Kludza & Eman Elsayed |
| C3.6. Africa Agenda 2063 And SDGs: Prospects and Challenges Chigozie kelechi Acha and Isaac Fwemba |
| C1.5. Measuring welfare index for North Africa countries Mahmoud Mohamed Elsarawy |
| Session R2.4 – Chair: Irena KriÅūman |
| C3.7. The French National Council for Statistical Information: Lessons from a Formal Dialogue between Producers and Users on Sustainable Development. Cristina D’Alessandro |
| C3.8. User engagement: a critical mechanism to increase the value and use of official statistics in the society. Leandre Ngogang Wandji |
| C7.9 Dealing with Sensitive Data Kerrie Mengersen |
| C3.10. Addressing the data priorities of local stakeholders when tackling youth migration in the Danube Region: Experiences from the YOUMIG project ZoltÃĄn CsÃĄnyi |
| Session R3.4 – Chair: Mulenga JJ Musepa |
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| S3.2. Quality reports for statistical products – towards relevant and trustworthy official statistics in Kenya and Zambia |
| Organizer:Â Zamstats Panellists 1. TBC 2. TBC 3. TBC 4. TBC Discussant: TBC |
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| Session R4.4 Chair: Silke Stapel-Weber |
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S3.3. Ethics, fundamental principles and governance of official statistics |
| Organizer: ECB Panellists 1. Jean-Louis Bodin 2. Misha Belkindas 3. Albina Chuwa      4. Christine Wirtz   5. John Pullinger 6. BjÃķrn Fischer |
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| Session R5.4 – Chair: Lucky Morgathe |
| Panel session |
| S1.1. Innovation in digital population and housing census taking in Africa |
| Organizer: UNECA Panellists 1. Rob Bumpstead 2. Molla Hunegnaw Asmare 3. Nahom Tamerat 4. William Muhwava Discussant: TBC |
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| Session R6.4 – Chair: JÅŦratÄ PetrauskienÄ |
| C5.2 Spatial Frailty Survival Model for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Mortality in Amhara Region, Ethiopia Ashenafi Abate Woya |
| C5.7 Impact of free health care on mortality reduction modelling its effect on under-five children in Moyamba district, southern province Sierra Leone Brima Gegbe |
| C5.16 Determinants of stunting among under-five years children in Ethiopia from the 2016 Ethiopia demographic and Health Survey: Application of ordinal logistic regression model using complex sampling designs Haile Mekonnen Fenta |
| Effect of cash transfer on school dropout rates using longitudinal data modelling: a randomized trial of research initiative to support the empowerment of girls (rise) in Zambia Mutale Sampa |
| Session R7.4 – Chair: Peter Diggle |
| C5.49 Decomposing Rural-Urban Post-Natal Check Differentials among Newborns in Tanzania Nelson Jerry Ndifwa |
| C5.33 Estimating District HIV Prevalence in Zambia using Small Area Estimation Methods (SAE) Chris Mweemba |
| C6.17 Using Interview for Food Crops Data Collection in Pandemic Covid-19: Is It a Reliable Method? Ratna Rizki Amalia |
| C6.40. Distributional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia Mbewe Kalieka |
| Time: 12:00 – 13.00 Webinar: ISI Regional Webinar, Focus on Africa Organizer: ISI Online |
| Krakow group meeting Organizer: Misha Belkindas Speakers: 1. Dominik Rozkrut 2. Graciela Marquez 3. Misha Belkindas |
| IPS2 – Chair: John Pullinger A. Keynote speaker: Prof Peter Diggle, Modernising the design and analysis of prevalence of neglected tropical diseases B. Postgraduate training in Africa: experiences in the training of PhD students and opportunities for the future Panelists: 1. Arnoldo Frigessi 2. Zeytu Asfaw 3. Denekew Bitew 4. Peter Diggle | ||||||
Room 2 Session R3.1 – Chair: Lukasz Augustyniak |
| Session R1.5 – Chair: Karen Bett |
| Panel session |
| S4.2. Administrative data sources – a gold chest to catalyze achievement of the Leave No One Behind Agenda |
| Organizer: UNSD Panellists 1. Gabriel Gamez 2. Otja Tjipetekera 3. Isabella Schmidt 4. Leandre Ngogang Wandji 5. John Bore Discussant: Janne Utkilen |
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| Session R2.5 – Chair: Misha Belkindas |
| Panel session |
| S2.4. Skills Development within the National Statistical System |
| Organizer: World Bank Panellists 1. Partha Lahiri 2. Francis Lavoe 3. Anjana Dube 4. Macdonald G. Obudho Discussant: Misha Belkindas |
| Session R3.5 – Chair: Conchita Kleijweg |
| C6.12 Modelling Extreme Rainfall in Lesotho by applying Extreme Value Theory Kabeli Mefane |
| C5.52 Statistical review on the pandemic’s effect on water consumption Saeed Fayyaz |
| C6.14 Air quality data and air pollution management: A case of Kampala Capital City Authority Margaret Napolo |
| C6.11 Challenges in energy development â How can statistical information contribute to efficient resource allocation? Samwel Kawa and Frode Berglund |
| Session R4.5 – Chair: Emily Poskett |
| Panel session |
| S2.5. Empowering African Statisticians and Data Scientists to Modernize African Statistical System |
| Organizer: ONS-UK Panellists 1. Samuel Nahimana 2. Karen Bett 3. Issoufou Seidou Sanda Discussant: Matthew Shearing |
| Session R5.5- Chair: Jean Louis Bodin |
| C3.9. Monitoring the completeness of civil registration: challenges and new approaches David Nzeyimana |
| C3.11. Birth registration for special population groups: case of children in residential institutions in Kenya Violet Nyambura Kinuthia |
| C3.12. The use of road traffic accident death records in the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics system in Rwanda Patrick Nshimiyimana |
| C3.13. Assessing the status of implementation of administrative population registers among selected African countries. Gloria Mathenge and William Muhwava |
| Session R6.5 – Chair: Oliver Chinganya |
| Panel session |
| S4.4. The role of Data and Statistics in the Digital Transformation of State Services |
| Organizers: Irena Krizman (ISI), Bruno Tissot (IFC) Panellists 1. Yakubu Aminu Bello 2. Albina Chuwa 3. Samuel Kobina Annim 4. Aboubabcar SÃĐdikh Beye 5. Barend DeBeer Discussant: TBC |
| Session R7.5 – Chair: Delia North |
| C1.1. Demographic and socioeconomic profile of severely ill and disabled children in South Africa Nwabisa Mona |
| C1.3. A machine learning classifier approach for identifying the determinants of under-five child undernutrition in Ethiopian administrative zones Haile Mekonnen Fenta |
| C1.6. Do Women and Youth at Household level are left behind on energy Access struggle in Rural area? A case study of Tanzania and Mozambique. Domingos Malate and Dag Roll-Hansen |
| C1.7. Contribution of socio-demographic and economic determinants to the gendered division of unpaid work and trade-off between unpaid work and employment: the case of Senegal. Khady BA |
| IPS3 – Chair: Stephen Penneck Mutual benefits of collaboration between official statisticians and academics Invited speakers 1. Denise Lievesley 2. Lamine Diop 3. Kerrie Mengersen 4. Ben Kiregyera 5. Conchita Kleijweg 6. Oliver Chinganya |
| Session R1.6 – Chair: Sassire Napo |
| Panel session |
| S1.2. Young African Statisticiansâ contribution to modernizing statistical systems in Africa |
| Organizers: Young African Statisticians (Takwimu) Panellists 1. Edem Kludza 2. Uwamahoro Sandrine 3. Assana Richard Ayizou 4. Fransina Amutenya Discussant: Kerrie Anderson |
| Session R2.6 – Chair: Themba Munalula |
| Panel session |
| S1.3. Importance of Subregional statistical organizations |
| Organizers: Misha Belkindas Panellists 1. Konstattin Laykam 2. Paul-Henri Nguema Meye 3. Misha Belkindas Discussant: Jean Louis Bodin |
| Session R3.6 – Chair: Arnoldo Frigessi |
| C5.12 Joint Bayesian modeling of time to malaria and mosquito abundance in Ethiopia Denekew Bitew |
| C5.22 Trends of Respiratory rate change among Under-five pneumonia Admitted patients Follow-Up in Felege-Hiwot General and referral Hospital: A Multivariate Decomposition Analysis Muluwerk Ayele Derebe |
| C5.10 Zero Human Rabies Deaths: A One Health approach to rabies elimination in Zambia Chikoloma Nakazwe |
| C3.16. Individual and Contextual-level factors associated with Well-being among older Adults in Rural Zambia:Â A multilevel analysis. Andrew Banda |
| Session R4.6 – Chair: Albina Chuwa |
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| S7.2 Data & Measurements, Policy Making, AI and Machine Learning in Data Analytics |
| Organizer: Vilas Mandlekar Panellists 1. Massoud Moussavi 2. Sonali Nimkar 3. Vilas Mandlekar Discussant: TBC |
| Analysis of Annual Rainfall using Discrete and Continuous Probability Distributions in Zambia Iness Kyapwanyama |
| Session R5.6 – Chair: Lidija BrkoviÄ |
| C5.46 Mortality indicators in international health monitoring â room for improvement from Nordic, European and global perspective? Mika Gissler |
| C5.26 Social determinants of maternal mortality in South Africa: evidence from the Community Survey 2016 Thembelihle Luthuli |
| C5.28 The root-Gaussian Cox Process for Spatio-Temporal Diseases Mapping with Aggregated Data Zeytu Asfaw |
| C3.14. Beyond stocks and flows: Quantifying migration patterns of recent global developments in official statistics Anna SÃĄra Ligeti |
| Session R6.6 – Chair: Denise Lievesley |
| C3.15. The Impact of COVID-19 on Transport and Logistics Operations in Zambia: A Perspective from Firms and Customs Authorities and Agencies. John Mututwa |
| C5.31 A Cohort Study of COVID-19 Patients: Hawassa University Referral Hospital, Ethiopia Anteneh Bezabih Ali |
| C5.32. The Impact of COVID-19 on Household Food Insecurity: The Case of Household Dietary Diversity and Food Expenditure Share in Zambia Chitalu Miriam Chama-Chiliba |
| C5.51. New estimates of the prevalence of food insecurity in Zambia: the case of multi-dimensional indicators Richard Bwalya |
| Session R7.6 – Chair: Macdonald G. Obudho |
| C5.43 Small area estimation of zone level malnutrition among under five children in Ethiopia Kindie Fentahun Muchie |
| C5.44. Understanding suicidal tendencies among Namibian adolescents: A structural Equation Model Lillian Pazvakawambwa |
| C5.45. The Effect of Delayed Treatment on Survival of Breast Cancer Patients at Cancer Diseases Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia: A Retrospective Cohort Study Masaku Sheila |
| C4.5. Operating large-scale micro databases with public and private data sources. Johannes Micheler |
| Plenary – closing ceremony Remarks, Mulenga JJ Musepa, Statistician General, Zambia Statistics Agency Chair: Misha Belkindas 1. Dominik Rozkrut 2. Graciela MÃĄrquez ColÃn 3. Oliver Chinganya 4. Promotional video, 64th World Statistics Congress 5. Closing remarks: Felix Nkulukusa, Secretary to Tresury |