Curriculum vitae. Emina s CV, update October 5,

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1 Emina s CV, update October 5, Curriculum vitae PhD in Social Sciences / Demography Works in French and English Extensive experience in Data collection, data processing and Training Jacques B.O. Emina Degrees: B.P.176, Kinshasa XI Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo [email protected] PhD in Social Sciences Demography/ Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium MSc in Demography/ Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Job Experiences: Professor, Department of Population and Development Studies, University of Kinshasa, DRC. Visitor Scholar, Ceps/Instead, Luxembourg Senior Research Biostatistician, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK Regional Coordinator of WHO/TDR External Evaluation of the Impact of PSI s Intervention of Community Case Management of Childhood Illnesses on all Causes Childhood Mortality in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi. Associate Research Scientist, APHRC, Kenya Post-doctoral Research Fellow, APHRC, Kenya Independent Consultant and Researcher, Belgium, Intern, Population Division, United Nations, New York, International monitor, 2006 Nigeria Population Census, ECORYS- European Commission-UNDP, Researcher, Institute of Demography, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium Lecturer and Assistant Researcher, Department of Population and Development Studies, University of Kinshasa, Bachelors Degree in Demography, Université de Kinshasa, DRC

2 Emina s CV, update October 5, Current Position (March ): Professor, Department of Population and Development Studies, University of Kinshasa. Courses taught: Population policies, Fertility analysis, Research seminar II, Applied computer science in population studies. Special skills Extensive demographic knowledge and significant working experience in sub-saharan Africa. Computer literacy: Advanced proficiency in the use of statistical, spreadsheet, publishing, database, and graphic software (EPI-INFO, SAS, SPSS, STATA, EXCEL ). Extensive knowledge of research methodologies with significant working experience on quantitative data analysis and database management. Experience in mixed methods in Demography including research design, data collection and processing, Evaluation and Monitoring. Experience in health and family demography including reproductive health, child morbidity and mortality. Experience in teaching and training: Introduction to demographic, Data Collection methods, Survey Practice; Family and Household Demography; Statistics; Applied computer science in population studies. Education 2005 Ph. D. in Social Sciences - Demography (Doctorat en Démographie), Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 2000 M. S. in Demography (Diplôme d Etudes Approfondies en Démographie), Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 1999 Postgraduate Degree in Demography (Diplôme d Etudes Supérieures en Démographie), Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 1995 B.S. in Demography (Licence en Démographie), University of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1989 Graduat en Géographie et Sciences Naturelles, Institut Pédagogique National, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Professional Experience Senior Research - Biostatistician LSTM MLW: June 2011 December 2011 Main duties: (1) Establish a unified data repository and biostatistical research team at the University of Malawi, College of Medicine; (2) Oversee the Data and Statistics Department at the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MLW); Provide statistical support activities to the MLW research staff; (3) Deliver undergraduate and postgraduate lectures and seminars. Regional Coordinator WHO/TDR PSI: January 2010 May 2011 Main duties: (1) Provide general coordination and leadership for External Evaluation of the Impact of PSI s Intervention of Community Case Management of Childhood Illnesses on all Causes Childhood Mortality in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi. (2) Developing detailed and standard study protocols and comparable data collection instruments for each study site. (3) Facilitating and coordinating data entry and management at each site, including cleaning and proper backup procedures. (4) Coordinating data analysis and participating in the preparation of publications on the study results. (5) Preparing annual progress reports to be submitted to TDR, PSI and the donor. Associate Research Scientist Head of the Data Unit, June 2009 December Main duties: (1) Oversee the Nairobi Urban Health Demographic Surveillance System Data Unit: Questionnaires design; Field operation; data processing; ensure data quality; production of analytical files; and developing demographic and health indicators for the Nairobi Urban Health Demographic Surveillance System. (2) Investigating on Urbanization and Wellbeing in the Nairobi s informal settlements project. Investigating on reproductive health in sub-saharan Africa. (3) Writing

3 Emina s CV, update October 5, scientific papers on population and health issues and Writing proposal on the field of population and health for funding. Post-doctoral Research Fellow-Data System Management, APHRC, July 2007 May Main duties: Supervision of the Data management and data processing team; Produce analytical file; Produce socio-demographic indicators for the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System; Write papers and Proposals on Maternal and childhood demography. Independent Consultant and Researcher, Belgium, September 2005 June Main duties: Assistance in Project and Research designing; Report drafting in the field of Population and Development, Data processing and analysis. Intern, Population Division, United Nations, New York, 4 June - 4 August Main duties: Computing socio-demographic indicators, Data processing and analysis; Report drafting in the field of Population and Development, Trends analysis. International monitor, 2006 Nigeria Population Census, ECORYS- European Commission-UNDP, 15 March - 9 April Main duties: Assessment of general condition of census including field workers recruitment, training, and payment; Actual enumeration, Data processing, etc. Researcher, Institute of Demography, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, Main duties: Lecturer in the Family and Household Demography for master program in Demography, lecturer in Applied Statistics for Trainees of Summer school on Reproductive Heath and Data Analysis; Supervision of Trainees report writings; Investigating on research activities including research design, data processing, and draft reports. Lecturer and Assistant Researcher, Department of Population and Development Studies, University of Kinshasa, Main duties: Supervision of students in the practical work of introduction to demography, data collection, data processing; Methods in Demography, Reproductive Health and Family planning; Applied computer science in population studies; Designing of new studies and supervision of fieldwork; writing scientific papers. Technical Adviser, Cellule d Etudes Economiques et de Planification Industrielle, Ministry of National Economy, Democratic Republic of the Congo, February May Main duties: Supervision of data collection and publication of statistics on trends of price in Kinshasa s markets. Awards Laureate of the small grants programme on population and development issues for junior researchers, Union for African Population Studies, Subject of research : Les enfants nés hors mariage et leur prise en charge dans les ménages du quartier de Mbanza-Lemba à Kinshasa/ Democratic Republic of Congo. Workshops and other trainings Training workshops in Population Models and Policy Communications, Union for African Population Studies, the USAID-funded Health Policy Project, and the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, December 4, Workshop on Decomposition analysis, IUSSP, Yaoundé-Cameroon, October Workshop on conducting high impact research: Improving health outcomes through research, IUSSP, Marrakech, Morocco, September Workshop on Data documentation, Global Fund APHRC, Nairobi, May Visitor scholar, Institute of Behavior Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, April Workshop on Prospects for Fertility Decline in High fertility Countries, Population Division, United Nations, New York, July Workshop on methodology of research in social science, Union for African Population Studies (UAPS)-Institut de Formation et de Recherches Démographiques de Yaoundé,

4 Emina s CV, update October 5, Yaoundé/ Cameroon, November Publications Ye, Wamukoya, Ezeh, Emina and Sankoh (2012) Health and demographic surveillance systems: a step towards full civil registration and vital statistics system in sub-sahara Africa? BMC Public Health, 12 (741): DOI: / Gyimah, Kodzi, Emina, Cofie, and Ezeh,(2012) Religion, Religiosity and premarital sexual attitudes in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya. Journal of Biosocial Science, Available on CJO doi: /S Gyimah, Kodzi, Emina, Adjei & Ezeh (2012) Adolescent sexual risk-taking in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: understanding the contributions of religion. Journal of Religion and Health DOI /s Emina et al. (2011) Maternal education and child nutritional status in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology.3 (12): Emina et al. (2011) Monitoring of Health and Demographic Outcomes in Poor Urban Settlements: Evidence from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Journal of Urban Health. 88: Suppl.2; doi: /s Kandala, Mandungu, Emina, Nzita and Cappuccio (2011), Malnutrition among children under the age of five in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): does geographic location matter? BMC Public Health. 11:261; doi: / Kodzi, Gyimah. Emina and Ezeh (2011), Understanding ageing in sub-saharan Africa: exploring the contributions of religious and secular social involvement to life satisfaction, Ageing and society: 31 (3): Kodzi, Gyimah., Emina and Ezeh (2010), Religious involvement, social engagement and subjective health status of older residents of informal neighborhoods of Nairobi, Journal of Urban Health. 41 (2): Emina (2010), Malnutrition among children in Cameroon. Does out-of-wedlock childbearing matter?, Institute of Demography, Catholic University of Louvain (ed), Poverty dynamics and vulnerability. Measures and Explanations in Demography and Social Sciences, Academia-Bruylant. Ezeh, Kodzi and Emina (2010), Reaching the Urban Poor with Family Planning Services, Studies in Family Planning. 41 (2): Ezeh, Mberu and Emina (2009), Stall in fertility decline in Eastern African countries: regional analysis of patterns, determinants and implications, Philosophical Transactions. Royal Society. B, 364 (1532): Ye, Zulu, Mutisiya, Orindi, Emina, and Kyobutungi (2009), Seasonal pattern of pneumonia morality among under-five children of Nairobi informal Settlement, American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 81(5): Mutisiya, Orindi, Emina, Zulu and Ye, (2010), Is the Death Rate among under-five Children in Nairobi slums seasonal? Journal of Tropical Medicine and International Health, 15(1): Kandala, Emina, Nzita and Cappuccio (2009), Diarrhoea, acute respiratory infection, and fever among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Social sciences and medicine, 68 (9): Emina (2007) Légitimité de la naissance et situation résidentielle des enfants au Cameroun. Les enfants nés hors union et la formation des ménages multifamiliaux. Document de recherche DD , Centre d Etudes en Sciences Sociales et Economiques, 28 p. Emina (2006) Malnutrition des enfants de moins de 3 ans au Cameroun. Les enfants nés hors union seraient moins touchés. Le Mensuel de l Université, France, June Emina (2005) Situation résidentielle, scolarisation et mortalité des enfants selon la

5 Emina s CV, update October 5, légitimité de leur naissance. Une analyse du Cameroun, de la Centrafrique et de la République Démocratique du Congo, Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Louvain-la- Neuve, 383 p. Emina (2005) La part des personnes âgées dans la population mondiale et belge, L Africain, 43 ème année, n 4, 129, pp Emina (2002) Accelerating Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa, UN Chronicle, xxxix, 2, p. 38. Senda and Emina (1999) La gestion de l eau, des déchets et des ordures ménagers à Kinshasa, et le problème de santé, in Universiteit Gent, Mededelingen, Faculteit Landbouwkundige en toegepaste biologische wetenschappen (éd), Actes du 1 er Colloque sur la problématique des déchets à Kinshasa (Congo), MFLBER 64 (1), pp Ngondo and Emina (1998) Combien sommes-nous et d où viennent ces chiffres, in Département de Démographie, La question démographique en République Démocratique du Congo, Kinshasa, Saint Paul, pp Languages Writing Reading Speaking French English Very good Very good Lingala Countries of experience Belgium, Cameroon, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, USA Professional Associations Association for Sociology of Religion (ASR) Association Internationale des Démographes de Langue Française (AIDELF) International Statistical Institute (ISI) International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Population Association of America (PAA) Union for African Population Studies (UAPS) INDEPTH Network References: Dr Franco Pagnoni, MD, MPH, Integrated Community Case Management, WHO/Global Malaria Program ; [email protected] Dr. Alex Ezeh, Executive Director, APHRC, [email protected] Dr Eliya Zulu, Executive Director, AFIDEP: [email protected] October 5, 2012 Dr. Jacques B.O. Emina