UN Open GIS Initiative: Geo-AI Working Group
UN Global Pulse has joined the UN Open GIS Initiative as co-chair of a newly formed Geo-AI Working Group alongside the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). UN Open GIS is …
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Gauging the effectiveness of social media advocacy campaigns
UN Global Pulse worked together with the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) on a project that analyzed Twitter data to understand the effectiveness of OIOS campaigns on social …
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Exploring the Effects of Extremist Violence on Online Hate Speech
UN Global Pulse partnered with IBM Science for Social Good and the University of Pompeu Fabra in Spain to develop a taxonomy and build an initial corpus of terms related …
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Qatalog – An analysis tool for insights into the SDGs
UN Global Pulse has developed an open software platform that UN Country Teams can use to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of their projects. The platform provides access to Qatalog, a data mining …
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Using Advanced Analytics to Model and Predict Risk Factors of Non-Communicable Diseases
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases are responsible for 70% per cent of all deaths globally, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). …
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Sex disaggregation of social media posts
The plight of women and men differ in many ways and one step towards understanding those differences is sex-disaggregation of available data. Global Pulse collaborated with Data2X and the University of Leiden to …
Building Proxy Indicators of National Wellbeing with Postal Data
Timely information on the socioeconomic wellbeing of communities is essential to ensure they receive effective provision of services. Many sources of big data, from mobile data to social media data, …
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Understanding Immunisation Awareness And Sentiment Through Analysis Of Social Media And News Content
This multi-country study aims to track and analyse online conversations related to immunisation on social media and mainstream media in India, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan. Findings from the study showed …
Analysing Social Media Conversations to Understand Public Perceptions of Sanitation
The United Nations Millennium Campaign and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council partnered to deliver a comprehensive advocacy and communication drive on sanitation. Their efforts were in support of …
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