Dear colleagues, Like many of you, we are looking forward to being together at the International Conference on Family Planning in Pattaya, Thailand in just a few weeks. We are eager for the opportunities to learn from one another, to find opportunities to work together and to share in our successes. FP2030 is looking forward to celebrating and amplifying dozens of new FP2030
Convening the communication and media (for) development, social and behavioural change community through a social networking and shared knowledge strategy. Focus on health, governance, HIV/AIDS, children, media development, conflict management, environment, rights, disasters, gender and other major Development issues.
Turke, Larson, Moreau, Anglewicz); Garabam Consulting (
Nehrling); Centre for Research, Evaluation Resources and Development (
Adebayo, Idiodi); Kinshasa School of Public Health (
Akilimali); International Centre for Reproductive Health (
Mwangi); Soinset santé. Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (
Moreau) Remote interviewer training for large-scale surveys can be an effective replacement to in-person learning in low-resource contexts when data are urgently needed and in-person learning is impossible. COVID-19 research is particularly important for countries in sub-Saharan Africa, where disease surveillance systems can be limited. In much of sub-Saharan Africa, in-person interviewer training and face-to-face data collection remain the norm for population-based surveys, largely due to inconsistent internet connectivity and barriers to technological literacy. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person activities may be risky and/or prohibited by