Using Performance Monitoring and Accountability surveys to monitor reproductive health

Civil society groups play an important role in providing data on family planning. Led by Family Planning 2020, the Performance…

Including the Washington Group on Disability Statistics questionnaires in surveys

Beyond sex-disaggregated data, it is crucial to collect data by disability status so researchers, practitioners, and policymakers can understand and…

Using electronic immunization registry data

Centralized and digitized data on immunization paves the way for greater timeliness of data collection on immunization rates and it…

Integrating verbal autopsies into CRVS

Less than a third of deaths are assigned without a cause, and low-income countries have the most gaps in cause-of-death-data….

Closing the CRVS coverage gap by including marriages and divorce

Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) cover data across major moments in time: births, deaths, marriages, divorces. Major initiatives across…

Analyzing sex and gender differences in COVID-19 infections

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, more men have been dying of acute COVID-19 infections, while women are projected…

How gender and sex-disaggregated data are critical for COVID-19 response

To understand the impacts of COVID-19 in health care systems around the world, gender analysis intersected with social and demographic…

Considering sex and gender beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

Global statistics on COVID-19 show that more men are dying from acute infection, while women are projected to suffer more…

Conducting education surveys to understand students’ schooling decisions

Existing education indicators mainly focus on the student body, participation in schools, student outcomes, teachers, and school facilities. While these…

Using the Living Standard Measurement Survey-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture to produce gender-relevant data on agriculture

To understand the role of women in the agricultural sector, household surveys can be adapted to incorporate modules relevant to…