Workshops on cause of death data and CRVS strengthening in the Federal States of Micronesia
The Pacific Community (SPC) in collaboration with Pacific Island Health Officers Association (PIHOA), Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), other Brisbane Accord Group (BAG) partners, and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO…
Workshops on cause of death data and CRVS strengthening in Palau
The Pacific Community (SPC) in collaboration with Pacific Island Health Officers Association (PIHOA), Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), other Brisbane Accord Group (BAG) partners, and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO…
Tuvalu CRVS Business Process Improvement (BPI) Project Workshop
This workshop, largely funded by Vital Strategies, will map the current birth, death and marriage registration processes, including paper flows with Health and Statistics, with representatives from the national CRVS committee and wider public service.…
Pacific DataViz Challenge 2022: And the winners are....
The inaugural Pacific DataViz Challenge attracted inspiring entries from all over the world. We thank all the participants who breathed life into data with their entry.
The judges have deliberated and we are excited to announce the winners of the…
Geospatial solutions help improve statistics in the Pacific
Cartography is an integral part of household census and survey cycles. Traditionally, maps have been used to help with field enumeration and to spatially represent aggregated results and indicators for analysis and dissemination.
Launching the one-stop-shop for Pacific Data: a blog by Jonathan Kings and Stuart Minchin
Data and statistics about the Pacific are not easy to find unless you know where to look, or they’re your own. Often they can be fragmented, and tangible results from others’ research, projects or development work are hard to compare. It’s an issue…
UNDP-SPC partnership set to make immediate impact on quality and accessibility of Pacific data
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Pacific Community (SPC) today launched a new partnership which will strengthen regional efforts towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and support the national development…
Pacific response to COVID-19 is demonstrating power of regionalism
Health supplies being loaded for PNG as part of the PHP-C
The Pacific Heads of Health recently held a virtual meeting under the shadow of COVID-19. The tone was understandably sombre and serious. The crisis being faced across the globe has certainly not…
Using Census Data to better understand the situation of persons with Disability
The Statistics for Development Division (SDD) within the Pacific Community (SPC) in collaboration with UNICEF and Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) facilitated the Disability Analysis Workshop in Noumea from September 2nd to 6th. The main purpose of…
Samoa Data Dissemination Workshop
The objective of the Data Dissemination workshop is to help improving the collection, compiling and disseminating disability statistics to inform evidence based decision and development strategic planning targeting people with disability…