Ms. Josephine Shabani joined Ifakara Health Institute in 2007. She received her MSc in Biostatistics from Hasselt University, Belgium.Currently, Ms. Shabani is working as a statistician and site coordinator for the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP) project that tests the recording of priority, facility-based, maternal and newborn coverage indicators for use in health management information systems (HMIS). Her research career combines the development, use, and application, of modern statistical methods in understanding health systems.