The Namibia Statistics Agency has warned that the country's development goals may be facing an obstacle due to a lack of reliable data.
NSA Executive for Data Quality Assurance, Isak Neema, said critical information needed for planning is outdated, underfunded, or simply not being used.
The Namibian Statistics Agency (NSA) has finally completed its 2023 Population and Housing Census fieldwork.
The agency began the process on September 18, 2023, and concluded it with the post-enumeration survey, including the reconciliation field visit on February 14, 2023.
There is a serious need to shorten time lags between the years of producing data.
This was highlighted in the second series of mortality and causes of death reports launched by the Namibia Statistics Agency today.
A lack of data is said to fuel policy blindness and affect national programmes.
A researcher with the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), Frederico Links claims, there is no transparency in the biometric data collection, MTC is currently carrying out.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services is collecting data on how to improve response to HIV/AIDS as part of the new strategic framework for 2023, aimed at intensifying the fight against the pandemic.
