Using Maps in Decision Making to Strengthen Programs for Orphans and Vulnerable Children

Please join us for a Child Status Network webinar to discuss the mapping of orphans and vulnerable children program data for decision making. The discussion will be held at 9am EST on September 26th and will be led by Jen Curran from the MEASURE Evaluation Geographic Information Systems (GIS) team.

Overview

This webinar will focus on the challenges and successes of mapping orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) data and populations as well as advanced uses of mapping and GIS analysis for OVC program support. The presentation draws on experiences from a March 2012 MEASURE Evaluation data demand and use workshop with stakeholders working with OVC programs in Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia. During the workshop participants discussed using GIS to facilitate the use and understanding of their program data, and participants were introduced to the use of free, open-source GIS software called QGIS. This presentation will not include a tutorial on GIS. Rather, it will be an introduction to the value of mapping and spatial analysis for orphans and vulnerable children program support with examples from these three countries.   

Join the Webinar

Follow these steps to join the webinar:

• First, test your connection
• Join the webinar at http://universityofnc.adobeconnect.com/orphans-and-vulnerable-children/ 
• Click on “Enter as Guest” then enter your full name, the organization you work with, and the country you are joining from. 
• Once in the meeting room, test your microphone and speakers by going to “Meeting,” then “Audio Set-up Wizard.”

Presenter Bio

Jen Curran currently works at MEASURE Evaluation as a GIS Analyst supporting various activities relating to nutrition, network analysis, food security, orphans and vulnerable children, and urban health. She has a B.A. in International Relations and African Languages from University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an M.S. in International Health and Development from Tulane University’s Payson Center for International Development. Before joining MEASURE Evaluation, Jen worked in the areas of malaria behavior change communication; food security and agricultural vulnerability; PMTCT, HIV, TB, and FAS behavior change; post-disaster health outcomes research and post-disaster recovery programs prior. She recently co-facilitated the Orphans and Vulnerable Children Data Demand and Use workshop in Zanzibar in March 2012 focusing on mapping orphans and vulnerable children data and populations.