Oliver Chinganya is a Zambian chartered statistician (since 1999), chartered Scientist and a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. He currently serves as the director of African Centre for Statistics at UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).[1] He is also serving as the Vice President of the International Statistical Institute.[2][3]
Oliver Chinganya | |
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| Born | |
| Alma mater | University of Dar es Salaam University of Southampton Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics |
| Institutions | Royal Statistical Society United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
Education
editHe was born in Livingstone, Zambia.[4] After graduating from secondary school, he joined the Zambian Statistics Agency.[4] In 1984, he enrolled in a training program sponsored by the UN Population Fund.[4] He earned the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from the Eastern Africa Statistical Training Centre at the University of Dar es Salaam.[4] He earned an M.Sc in Statistics from Southampton University in 1991, and later an MBA in Strategic Management from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in 2008.[4]
Career
editHis career involved in the field of statistics and statistical development in Africa.[5] He served as UNECA's Officer in Charge for the Climate Change, Environment and Natural Resources Management Division, and also set up the Digital Centre of Excellence.[6]
Currently, Chinganya serves as the Director of the African Centre for Statistics at the UN Economic Commission for Africa.[7]
Chinganya emphasized the importance of integrated civil registration and ID management and also highlighted the significance of civil registration as the foundation for collecting data from birth to death.[8]
In 2020, he bemoaned the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on civil registration and vital statistics systems,[9] particularly in Africa, leading to the absence of vital data.[10]
Selected publications
edit- Chinganya, Oliver; Adam, Abdoulaye; Kouakou, Marc (31 March 2017). "Comparative analysis of costs of some selected infrastructure components across Africa". Infrastructure in Africa: 569–582. doi:10.46692/9781447326656.015. ISBN 9781447326656.
- Chikamata, Davy M.; Chinganya, Oliver; Jones, Heidi; RamaRao, Saumya (June 2002). "Dual Needs: Contraceptive and Sexually Transmitted Infection Protection in Lusaka, Zambia". International Family Planning Perspectives. 28 (2): 96. doi:10.2307/3088241. JSTOR 3088241.
- MacKeith, N; Chinganya, OJ; Ahmed, Y; Murray, SF (April 2003). "Zambian women's experiences of urban maternity care: results from a community survey in Lusaka". African Journal of Reproductive Health. 7 (1): 92–102. doi:10.2307/3583349. hdl:1807/2589. JSTOR 3583349. PMID 12828141.
- Setel, P; AbouZahr, C; Atuheire, EB; Bratschi, M; Cercone, E; Chinganya, O; Clapham, B; Clark, SJ; Congdon, C; de Savigny, D; Karpati, A; Nichols, E; Jakob, R; Mwanza, J; Muhwava, W; Nahmias, P; Ortiz, EM; Tshangela, A (1 June 2020). "Mortality surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 98 (6): 374. doi:10.2471/BLT.20.263194. PMC 7265935. PMID 32514207.
- Chinganya, Oliver (25 December 2020). "Special Issue: Official statistics in Africa". Statistical Journal of the IAOS. 36: 3–5. doi:10.3233/SJI-200767. S2CID 228856186.
References
edit- ^ "Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and Zimbabwe sign agreement". The Mail (Zimbabwe). 16 January 2020.
- ^ "More investment in data and statistics needed in Africa". African Business. 24 March 2023.
- ^ "Oliver Chinganya". Cepei.
- ^ a b c d e "Under Oliver Chinganya's leadership, the African Centre for Statistics is spearheading improvements in systems and training" (PDF). Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems.
- ^ Anaja, Hauwa Abubakar (24 March 2023). "SDGs: ECA Calls for Investment in Data and Statistics". Voice of Nigeria.
- ^ "UN entities support ethiopias quest for policy coherence for sdgs". East African Business Week. Archived from the original on 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- ^ "CRVS systems fragilized by COVID-19 across Africa, says ECA's Chinganya - World". ReliefWeb. OCHA. 9 August 2021.
- ^ Hersey, Frank (31 October 2022). "UNECA and African experts urge civil registration to enable good governance". Biometric Update.
- ^ Mavhunga, Columbus (15 October 2019). "UN: Half of African Children Are Unregistered". Voice of America.
- ^ Kunambura, Andrew (2021-04-30). "Africa to revolutionise civil registration systems". NewsDay (Zimbabwean newspaper).