(1 October - Jakarta) What can Tweets tell us about inflation? Are internet searches reliable predictors of disease outbreak? And can mobile phone data tell us about whether public health campaigns are successful? These are the types of questions that will be explored at Pulse Lab Jakarta, an innovation center created to explore how digital data sources (like social media, mobile phone data or...
This past Thursday, December 1, was World Aids Day - one of the most recognised international health days and a key opportunity to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection, show support for people living with HIV, and celebrate victories such as increased access to treatment and prevention services.
On the occasion of Word AIDS day, in our previous post, we and...
On 19 November, 2011 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon met with Indonesia’s Minister for National Development Planning / Head of BAPPENAS Prof. Dr. Armida S. Alisjahbana and other Government officials, in Nusa Dua, Bali, to discuss the establishment of "Pulse Lab Jakarta", a real-time data analysis centre to enable timely and informed policy action to protect vulnerable populations...