Mark Collinson

SAPRIN Co-Director; Wits Reader in Population and Public Health; Migration, Urbanisation, and Health; Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems; South Africa

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

@saprin_mrc we are glad to announce that parties interested in implementing and hosting a SAPRIN Health and Demographic Surveillance System Node in either the rural Eastern Cape or Metropolitan eThekwini can now access the Request for Application with this link.

[SAMRC @MRCza]

Request for Application: Hosting a SAPRIN Node in eThekwini Metro and rural Eastern Cape Province. Closing date: 18h00 on Friday 18th March 2022. https://t.co/Tm9bgLOxMc

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

Great to hear. Congratulations!

[MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit @AgincourtHDSS]

Dr Jessica Price gets her DPhil - Halala https://t.co/tRBIqPNnDJ

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

Fantastic news. Congratulations, Armstrong!

[MRC/Wits-Agincourt Unit @AgincourtHDSS]

Dr Armstrong Dzomba gets his PhD - Halala https://t.co/sQczwTHIgB

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

This is such a compact summary that I thought it worth sharing.

[SAPRIN @saprin_mrc]

In a new report: National Dpt of Sci_&_Innovation asked us for 5 @saprin_mrc achievements. We said: Implementation of a core protocol, two data releases, StatsSA MoU, two new urban nodes, & addition of a Covid19 surveillance module. Interesting progression

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

SA is preparing for the @ICPD25 Nairobi Summit. There is a stakeholder consultation this afternoon. I am going to raise the value of HDSS data for evaluating national statistics & reporting labour migration as a subset of migration flows. Text me if you want me to raise an issue.

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

@StatsSA #population Preparing for Nairobi Summit ICPD25, we have Diego giving us national mid-year population estimates. Crucial data. I look forward to SAPRIN @saprin_mrc contributing, especially in validation and finesse of migration dynamics.

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

Kobus will present SAPRIN's potential contribution @saprin_mrc at the Nairobi Summit. MoUs with StatsSA, Dept. Social Development and Dept Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, will be important in attaining this.

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

I am representing @saprin_mrc at a South-South Collaboration workshop which is a burst of energy preparing for the Nairobi Summit #ICPD25. Key is the data ecosystem, including evaluation of national indicators.

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

@saprin_mrc @WeAllCount2 @As As the population ages in South Africa it is vital to remember the dual relationship between health and income; and develop social policies that contribute to healthy ageing and protect the economic well-being of households. https://t.co/pnOiT7kEK9

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

@saprin_mrc Great see. Keep us posted.

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

@saprin_mrc Welcome to the new SAPRIN Twitter handle. We are building a national research infrastructure in health, social, and economic status, to be a scientific research platform and part of SA striving to develop and overcome inherited inequalities.

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

Today is Wits School of Public Health Lekgotla. My SAPRIN input: the nature of national research infrastructures = accessibility, harmonised data, and being national. Associated training at universities = multicentre event history analysis and triangulation with national data.

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

We will set up a formal SAPRIN Twitter account, vetted and official, and then Kobus and I can independently add comments/reflections. SAPRIN requires establishing a great HDSS standard model, which is interesting. Residence and migration surveillance on our minds at the moment.

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

Twitter seems to deal a lot with facts, as if they are fixed already. I would have more to share if I could share plans, ideas and speculations.

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

@PhBocquier @INDEPTHNetwork @Stata Thanks for this useful publication. We will use it in SAPRIN, South Africa, to produce routine indicators. {#SAPRIN }

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

Real men don't rape. Well-off people don't be greedy. Humans don't be scared.

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

@INDEPTHNetwork Ongoing monitoring of CRVS can be a valuable role for HDSS Centres to play in national statistical systems

[Mark Collinson @MarkCollinson4]

We are building the technology to make the data accessible - through INDEPTH iShare and individual HDSS web-sites https://t.co/i4m6vcYIRy