An update to last week’s intro: after a solid week of negotiation with my 3-year-old (whom the FBI should hire to conduct hostage negotiations, so good is he at getting his way and wearing down his opponent), we have agreed that the new bed I ill-advisedly constructed for him just before bedtime does not need to be ‘thrown in the bin’.
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Data-driven global health research in the time of COVID
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On March 31st and April 1st, the World Bank’s Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) Department and Tools and Analytics Unit hosted
MeasureDev 2021), in partnership with the Center for Effective Global Action. The conference showcased how researchers are using new types of data and data-intensive approaches to address critical public health challenges, especially in low- and middle-income countries. It highlighted ways that new analytical methods (such as applications of artificial intelligence), and growing troves of new data (produced by social media platforms, internet searches, sensors, and cell phones) are allowing researchers to track, measure, and respond to health interventions and phenomena in real-time, and at lower cost than traditional person-to-person survey methods. This is particularly helpful in a crisis situation like the COVID-19 pandemic, where traditional data collection