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Using closer-to-reality travel time data from Google to support building of more equitable health systems in the largest cities of Nigeria

By LSHTMDelays that pregnant women experience in travel to reach hospitals when in emergency contribute a third of maternal deaths in low- and middle-income countries. Evidence suggests that the increasing urbanisation is blurring the so-called ‘urban advantage’, with poor roads, haphazardly built environments, traffic, and expanding informal settlements being the reality. To date, most large-scale explorations of geographical access to emergency obstetric care (EmOC) have used modelled travel time, which do not reflect the lived experience of travel to care in urban settings. In this webinar, Dr Banke-Thomas, Lead Investigator of the ‘On Tackling In-transit delays for Mothers in Emergency’ (OnTIME) Consortium will share their innovative approach, done in collaboration with Google, in which an Internal Google Maps Navigation API was used to derive driving time to public and private EmOC facilities for peak and non-peak hours and weekdays and weekends. Median Travel time (MTT) a ....

Adura Banke Thomas , Kerry Wong , Mothers In Emergency Ontime Consortium , Lead Investigator , Tackling In Transit , Internal Google Maps Navigation ,

Using closer-to-reality travel time data from Google to support building of more equitable health systems in the largest cities of Nigeria

Delays that pregnant women experience in travel to reach hospitals when in emergency contribute a third of maternal deaths in low- and middle-income countries. Evidence suggests that the increasing urbanisation is blurring the so-called ‘urban advantage’, with poor roads, haphazardly built environments, traffic, and expanding informal settlements being the reality. To date, most large-scale explorations of geographical access to emergency obstetric care (EmOC) have used modelled travel time, which do not reflect the lived experience of travel to care in urban settings. ....

Kerry Wong , Adura Banke Thomas , Mothers In Emergency Ontime Consortium , Lead Investigator , Tackling In Transit , Internal Google Maps Navigation ,

Crypto City: Guide to San Francisco Bay Area – Cointelegraph Magazine

This “Crypto City” guide looks at the San Francisco Bay Area’s crypto culture, its most notable projects and people, its financial infrastructure, which retailers accept crypto and where you can find blockchain education courses. You really might leave your heart in San Francisco with all the projects in the Bay Area. ....

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