Today, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Statistical Institute of Belize, and UNICEF signed a memorandum of understanding for the seventh round of the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey known as "MICS".
It's an important data gathering tool for Belize on child mortality, early childhood development, nutrition, health, HIV/AIDS, child protection, and gender.
At the signing today, it's importance was underscored:
The Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 7 will be implemented from the second quarter of 2023 to the end of the third quarter of 2024 by THE SIB.