UKZN PMB Workshop in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
The week-long Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Monitoring and Evaluation took place from 17-21 September 2018 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg campus. McGoldrick Fellow Ms. Jesca Batidzirai (Cohort 1) led the organization effort. It was co-sponsored by
The Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics
The University of KwaZulu-Natal
The Sub-Saharan Africa Consortium for Advanced Biostatistics Training
DELTAS Africa
The McGoldrick Professional Development Program in Public Health, operating under the aegis of HSPH and ARISE
The background of participants was quite heterogeneous, including analysts and managers from several different federal government organizations, from well-known NGOs & international organizations, and students from graduate programs at the University of Botswana.
Instructors
Ms. Batidzirai is a lecturer in statistics at UKZN Pietermaritzburg, as well as a doctoral student. As a McGoldrick Fellow (cohort 1), she led the organization of the M&E Workshop at UKZN (September 2018).
Mr. Robert Keli is an assistant lecturer in mathematical statistics in the Department of Mathematics at Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology in Kenya. He is also a doctoral student in biostatistics at UKZN Pietermaritzburg and was a co-instructor in their M&E Workshop (September 2018).
Mr. Mboya is an applied biostatistician working as an assistant lecturer at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College (KCMUCo) in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Institute of Public Health in Northern Tanzania. He is also a doctoral student in biostatistics at UKZN Pietermaritzburg and served as a co-instructor for their M&E Workshop (September 2018).
Dr. Omololu is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He also served as a co-instructor at the UKZN Pietermaritzburg M&E Workshop (September 2018).
Ms. Roberts is a statistics lecturer in the School of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at UKZN Pietermaritzburg. She is also a doctoral student in applied statistics at UKZN and served as a co-instructor at their M&E Workshop (September 2018).
Dr. Sarah Anoke, Former Scientific Director of the McGoldrick Professional Development Program (2017-2018)
This workshop had several co-instructors, listed above. They each taught several sessions over the course of the week, as described in the workshop schedule below.
The schedule for the UKZN M&E Workshop (September 2018). Practicums were hands-on Stata computing sessions, where participants learned how lecture content was used in data analysis.
Participant Feedback
After completing the week-long workshop, participants anonymously completed an exit survey, rating the course on several metrics as well as providing freeform feedback.
100% said course met their expectations
100% said they would recommend the course for others to take
56% expressed interest in a longer offering of the course
Other Photos
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Photo Gallery
Mr. Robert Keli, teaching during the UKZN PMB M&E Workshop in September 2018.
Ms. Jesca Batidzirai, McGoldrick Fellow, teaching during the UKZN PMB M&E Workshop in September 2018.
Group photograph of participants and instructors involved in the UKZN M&E Workshop (September 2018).
Mr. Innocent Mboya, teaching during the UKZN PMB M&E Workshop in September 2018.
UKZN PMB M&E Workshop participants receiving a message of congratulations at the end of the course.
Main Science Building (MSB) at the College of Agriculture, Engineering, & Science where the UKZN PMB M&E Workshop took place.
Certificate of Participation, distributed at the end of the UKZN Pietermaritzburg M&E Workshop (September 2018).
