Workshop on Food Consumption Patterns in Samoa.

The SBS Census team successfully conducted a pilot exercise at Faleula to pretest the CAPI (Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing) system for the upcoming Samoa Demographic and Health Survey – Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (SDHS-MICS) 2025. This pretest is a key step in ensuring quality data collection and smooth field operations. 

Our team continued to build critical skills for the upcoming SDHS-MICS 2025 survey. Last week, on the 16th & 17th participants visited the Ministry of Health Immunization Unit for hands-on training in Anthropometric Measurements with the help of our specialist from UNICEF Fiji, Seini , an essential requirement to ensure

PRESS RELEASE! Samoa Bureau of Statistics is getting ready for the next Samoa Demographic and Health Survey-Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (SDHS-MICS) 2025 since last survey in 2019 The Samoa Bureau of Statistics through its Census, Survey and Demography Division hosted an official opening of the Samoa DHS-MICS 2025 main training

From trade to employment, an online portal for Samoa’s national statistics has launched, built on the same world-class, open-source platform used by other statistics innovators internationally. The Samoa Bureau of Statistics has today launched data.sbs.gov.ws, a new portal serving as a single entry point to Samoa’s most important official statistics—enabling

We’re on Day 3 of our mission to expand Civil Registration Services across Upolu, and today, we’re at Lalomanu District Hospital! Why does this matter? Because every birth and every life event deserves to be officially recorded easily and accessibly. No long trips, no hassles—just a simple, efficient process to

This week, we have the privilege of engaging in a workshop focused on the Sustainability and Extension of the Data Portal, a crucial initiative aimed at enhancing access to quality statistics for informed decision-making. With the valuable support of our development partners—Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Pacific Community (SPC), and