Nigeria Health Sector sees ADP and Measure Evaluation team up on microdata management (December 2011) !

The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and USAID funded Measure and Evaluation are undertaking a data inventory and documentation project of microdata found in the health sector. The FMoH is among one of the big data producers in the Nigerian Federal Government. This project foresees documenting over 70 surveys. The ADP through its program of assistance with the National Bureau of Statistics is collaborating with the project and undertook the first Microdata Management Toolkit Trainin in Abuja from Nov. 20-Dec. 4. Am FMoH data archive has been set up (NaHeDa) with the assistance of NBS and a data dissemination policy is currently under review.