Disasters and Data Collaboratives in Latin America
February 1, 2024
Disasters and Data Collaboratives in Latin America. On January 25th, 2024 we discussed the challenges, and opportunities of data collaboration during disasters in Latin America. Leading the conversation were Stefaan Verhulst from the NYY GovLab, Celine Jacquin from Humanitarian Open Street Maps, Xavier Moya from UNDP, and Juan Flores from the Statistics & Geography Office from Guerrero State.
TAGS:Hurricanes Disasters Data in Crises Spotlight Webinar Event Recording Case Studies Mexico hurricane
Data and Human Mobility Workshop Aims to Improve Disaster Preparedness in Central America
August 8, 2023 by Anna Lopez-Carr, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning specialist, Direct Relief
TAGS:Data Readiness Data Policy Disasters Workshops Event Recording Central America Nicaragua Workshop Regional Hub Workshop
Data in Crises: Preparing for Climate Migration in South Asia
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Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 11:00am — 12:00pm - LOCATION:
Online via Zoom
Data in Crises: Responding to Hurricane Fiona
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Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 11:00am — 12:00pm - LOCATION:
Online via Zoom
TAGS:Data in Crises Webinar Event Recording DMDN Puerto Rico Hurricane Fiona Disaster Mobility Data Network
Data Preparedness for Disasters in Mexico: Regional Hub Workshop Review
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Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 11:00am — 12:00pm - LOCATION:
Online via Zoom
TAGS:DMDN Data Readiness Mobility Data Disasters Workshops Data in Crises Spotlight Webinar Event Recording Disaster Response Regional Hub Workshop Mexico Data Preparedness DMDN
Disaster Mobility Data Network: The Use of Human Mobility Data in Public Health Emergencies Radcliffe Seminar Deliberations (Meeting 3)
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Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 09:00am — 10:00am
We are delighted to invite you to our third meeting of the Disaster Mobility Data Network. This session will present summary deliberations from the Harvard Radcliffe Seminar Series held in March and April 2021, in consulation with nearly 40 technologists, scientists, lawyers and humanitarian responders from around the world.
Disaster Mobility Data Network: Epidemics and Post-Disaster Displacement (Meeting 2)
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Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 09:00am — 10:00am
Disaster Mobility Data Network Launch Meeting
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Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 09:00am — 10:00am
Changes in mobile phone technology, notably the near-ubiquity in many places of GPS-enabled smartphones, have altered the ways that response agencies and researchers understand and respond to crises. As this data becomes mainstream in emergency management, key issues of data capacity and data literacy - as well as ethics, privacy, and data protection - become increasingly pressing.
TAGS:DMDN Mobility Data Event Recording World Bank GFDRR DMDN mobility data
Ground Truth Matters: Travel Surveys, Covid-19, and the Limits of Human Mobility Data
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Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 10:00am — 11:00am
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic digital data on human mobility has played crucial roles in response efforts ranging from monitoring non-pharmaceutical interventions like physical distancing, evaluating different types of testing and seroprevalence strategies, and assisting with targeted re-opening efforts to maximize health and reduce economic harm.
Translational Readiness, Data Collaboratives and Capacity Building- Lessons from COVID-19
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Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 11:00am — 12:00pm
This Panel examined the practices of recent mobility data collaboratives in order to engage a conversation about the future of global capacity building for translational readiness and crisis response.
TAGS:COVID-19 Event Recording
Launch of CrisisReady
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Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 11:00am — 12:30pm
CrisisReady is organized around the principles of Data Readiness, Methods Readiness, and Translational Readiness, and seeks to advance data-driven decision-making during public health emergencies. CrisisReady evolved from the Covid-19 Mobility Data Network, a research network of 100+ scientists from around the world who volunteered their time to serve as trusted intermediaries between technology companies and city and state governments around the world, in 2020.
Did data make a difference? Lessons from Facebook Data for Good in 2020
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Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 11:00am — 01:00pm
The role of Facebook Data for Good tools for COVID-19 response, routine immunizations, and development programs and what this means for …
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Using Human Mobility Data to Inform Pandemic Response Theory and Practice
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Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 10:00am — 11:30am
This 90-minute panel will examine the application of mobility data in monitoring the spread of the pandemic and informing containment policy, with a particular focus on privacy-preserving safeguards, methodological challenges, and translational barriers.
Data, Equity, and Wildfires: California 2020
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Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 11:00am — 12:00pm
CrisisReady is pleased to announce its panel on Data, Equity, and Wildfires in California.
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