The Data Analysis Unit of NIPN– Development Research Institute (DRI), Ministry of Planning and Investment organized 4 days of training from 7 – 10 September 2022 in Vangvieng district, Lao PDR. The training was co-chaired by Mr.Viengkhone Buaphachanh Head of the Social and poverty reduction research division, DRI, and Dr.Nelofar Athar Sheikh the data analysis advisor.
More than 20 government staff from several sectors and ministries including the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Sports, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and Lao Statistics Bureau participated
This training was focused on using ENA software to calculate anthropometry indicators and design the nutritional survey and generated the report, participant also learns to work with excel and import data from excel into the ENA program and also interpret the results of the analysis from ENA.