About

I am a statistician and data analytics professional with more than 17 years of progressive experience in official statistics, administrative data systems, data quality management, and evidence generation. My professional expertise spans survey management, Training delivery, survey methodology, data...

Skills

  • Data Analyst using Power BI
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  • Data Analyst using STATA
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  • Data analysis using R programming
    8
  • Geospatial analysis using ArcGIS
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  • Data analysis with SPSS
    8
  • Microsoft Excel Microsoft word anMicrosoft PowerP
    8
  • Survey Methodology and Survey Design
    10
  • Sampling Weight Development
    10
  • Statistical analysis
    10
  • Statistical Quality Assurance and Assessement
    10
  • data cleaning
    10
  • validation
    10
  • and Quality Control
    10
  • Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
    8
  • Team Leadership
    10
  • Supervision and Capacity Building
    10
  • English
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  • Amharic
    10
  • Tigrigna
    10

Experience

Desta Berhe Yohannes

Work experience
  • Analyze public health and survey data using advanced statistical methods, including longitudinal analysis, survival analysis, mixed-effects modeling, logistic regression, and predictive model building.
  • Develop and implement data analysis algorithms; write and optimize statistical code using STATA and R for large and complex datasets.
  • Prepare scientific articles and technical outputs for publication and presentation.
  • Design detailed statistical analysis plans (SAPs) and document methodologies and findings for research protocols and public health reports.
  • Interpret statistical outputs to generate evidence-based conclusions and support policy and program decision-making.
  • Develop and apply mathematical and epidemiological models to assess trends in public health, including infectious disease dynamics.
  • Produce high-quality scientific manuscripts, technical reports, and policy-relevant documents for dissemination.
  • Develop interactive dashboards and data visualization products using Power BI and other tools to support data-driven decision-making.
  • Analyze and visualize routine health information system data from DHIS2, integrating multiple data sources such as facility reports, surveys, and surveillance systems.
  • Manage and utilize diverse data sources, including household surveys, routine health facility data, surveillance systems, and administrative datasets, ensuring consistency, comparability, and reliability of outputs.

Desta Berhe Yohannes

Work experience
  • Provide strategic leadership and overall direction of the directorate;
  • Plan, design, and oversee household surveys, censuses, and specialized studies;
  • Promote the development and strengthening of vital statistics and civil registration systems (CRVS);
  • Produce population estimates and projections using scientific demographic methods;
  • Oversee the collection, management, and administration of administrative data systems across sectors;
  • Ensure integration of survey, census, vital, and administrative data for comprehensive statistics;
  • Establish and enforce data quality assurance frameworks and statistical standards;
  • Lead data processing, analysis, and interpretation of population and social statistics;
  • Produce and disseminate statistical reports, abstracts, and policy briefs;
  • Ensure timely and reliable production of key indicators (population, health, education, labor, poverty, etc.)

Desta Berhe Yohannes

Work experience
  • Led the development and implementation of survey methodologies, including sampling frame development, sample design, sample size determination, allocation procedures, and weighting methodologies for national surveys.
  • Contributed to the preparation, maintenance, and updating of the national master sampling frame and conducted methodological research to improve statistical production processes.
  • Developed estimation procedures and statistical methodologies to ensure accurate and reliable survey results.
  • Played a key role in the development and implementation of the Ethiopian Data Quality Assessment Framework (EDQAF), supporting data quality assessments across institutions within the National Statistical System (NSS).
  • Provided technical advisory services, statistical consultancy, and capacity-building training to government institutions, development partners, and private organizations.
  • Facilitated the harmonization, coherence, and comparability of official statistics through the development and promotion of standard concepts, definitions, classifications, coding systems, and statistical methodologies.
  • Supported initiatives aimed at strengthening the National Statistical System by promoting adherence to international statistical standards and best practices.
  • Contributed to improving the quality, consistency, and usability of official statistics for evidence-based policy formulation and decision-making.

Desta Berhe Yohannes

Education
  • November, 2014 - January, 2017
  • Fulltime

Desta Berhe Yohannes

Work experience
  • February, 2007 - February, 2018
  • Fulltime
  • Contributed to the design and implementation of national household, agricultural, demographic, and socioeconomic surveys.
  • Developed survey instruments, questionnaires, enumerator manuals, supervisor guides, data entry protocols, and data processing procedures.
  • Delivered training programs for field enumerators, supervisors, data editors, and data entry personnel on survey methodologies, data collection procedures, and quality assurance standards.
  • Coordinated, supervised, and monitored large-scale field data collection operations across multiple regions to ensure adherence to survey protocols and timelines.
  • Conducted field quality control activities, including spot checks, re-interviews, validation exercises, and data verification to improve data accuracy and reliability.
  • Supported data processing, cleaning, editing, and validation activities to ensure the production of high-quality statistical outputs.
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams in the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of national statistical programs.
  • Contributed to the generation of reliable official statistics used for national planning, policy formulation, monitoring, and evaluation.
  • Ensured compliance with national and international statistical standards throughout survey implementation and data production processes.

Desta Berhe Yohannes

Education
  • September, 2003 - August, 2006
  • Fulltime

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