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DMDN Upcoming Meetings

Find information on all the upcoming Disaster Mobility Data Network meetings and events
Events
DMDN Meeting 3 (23rd September, 2021)

Video Recording from the third meeting of the Disaster Mobility Data Network organized by GFDRR and CrisisReady on September 23, 2021. This session presents summary deliberations from the Harvard Radcliffe Seminar Series held in March and April 2021, in consultation with nearly 40 technologists, scientists, lawyers and humanitarian responders from around the world. A draft of the paper will soon be posted for public comment.
Video
Data in Crisis – Rethinking Disaster Preparedness in the United States

Building integrated translational pipelines that use data rapidly and effectively to address health effects of natural disasters will require substantial investment, which must rely on evidence of which approaches improve outcomes. But promising solutions are available.
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Where are Health Resources Most Needed to Prepare for the 2021 California Wildfire Season?

As California prepares for another wildfire season, safety net health facilities are preparing to meet the needs of populations that will be affected in coming months. Given the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing resource limitations, those efforts need to be focused where impacts are likely to be greatest.
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Displacement and Gender on St Vincent Following the La Soufriere Volcanic Eruption

The La Soufriere volcano on the island of St Vincent began erupting on the 27th of December at the end of 2020. On April 13th, 2021 an enormous plume of ash and smoke spewed from the crater.
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COVID-19 Mobility Data Network – Annual Report 2020

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WORK

CrisisReady works with international agencies, governments, NGOS, and technology companies to implement Data, Methods, and Translational Readiness for response to health emergencies and disasters.

Our Work

California Wildfires Project

Predicting and responding to dynamic health-system demands in the context of the CA wildfires and PSPS events.

Wildfires

OpenDP

opendp.org

Engaging a community of collaborators in academia, industry, and government to build trustworthy, open-source software tools for privacy-protective statistical analysis of sensitive personal data.

OpenDP

Disaster Mobility Data Network

Mobility data can play a vital role in all aspects of emergency management, from building resilient infrastructure and transport systems, to measuring rates and directions of evacuation, to assisting with targeted, timely, and effective recovery efforts.

DMDN

Safe, Responsible, Fair and Equitable use of Human Mobility Data

The CrisisReady team hosted a series of seminars in March and April 2020 to build consensus around key technical, ethical and policy issues…

Data Policy

COVID-19 Mobility Data Network

covid19mobility.org

A network of infectious disease epidemiologists at universities around the world working with technology companies to use aggregated mobility data to support the COVID-19 response.

Mobility Data

Rapid Response Grants

CrisisReady supports and sustains the practical engagement of academic researchers in response to disasters and public health emergencies by providing small, fast-tracked grants which enable academics to devote focused time and attention to key problems in data, methods, and translational readiness.

Grants

Nowcasting Population Displacement During US Hurricanes

The combination of human mobility data with other datasets can allow a better understanding of unprecedented situations, such as the behavior of populations affected by multiple simultaneous disasters.

Hurricanes

Facebook Mobility Map

The data contained in this map displays county level changes in the rates of mobility and staying put, which can allow people to understand the degree to which their communities may be adopting physical distancing efforts.

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