Humanitarian Action
Below are all our blog posts with the tag "Humanitarian Action"
How Scanning the Airwaves Closes Health Service Gaps for People Living with HIV
An interview with Dr. Eddie Mukooyo, Chair of the Uganda AIDS Commission Board in the Office of the President Many low-income Ugandans lack access to basic health information and services, especially
Data Strategising with the UN in Asia Pacific
Data is the lifeblood of decision-making, but how should public administrators navigate the digital deluge and who should be joining them on the journey? Can Big Data augment official statistics,
Data Is At The Centre Of The Global Agenda
What is the global agenda? In 2015, 193 Member States of the United Nations agreed on a plan of action — for people, prosperity, planet and peace — to address
Voices of Uganda: How and Where to Find Them
A blog post by our radio data science team at Pulse Lab Kampala. Keyword Spotter, Pulse Lab Kampala’s New Speech Recognition and Filtering Software The year 2017 was an exciting
Using big data and machine learning to respond to the refugee crisis in Uganda
Applying AI to transform public radio content into insights for development and humanitarian action Hosting over 1.2 million refugees from South Sudan, Uganda has one of the most favorable refugee
From big data to humanitarian in the loop algorithms
This op-ed was initially published in the UNHCR year in review 2017. The Data Revolution is no longer a new topic but a reality trying to catch up with the
Call for Nominations Extended: UN Global Pulse Data Privacy Advisory Group
Global Pulse is pleased to open the call for nominations for new members to the Data Privacy Advisory Group. The Group is comprised of independent experts from public and private
Using machine learning to accelerate sustainable development solutions in Uganda
A year and a half after it was prototyped, the Radio Content Analysis Tool developed by Pulse Lab Kampala and partners has become fully operational. The findings and lessons learned
Data Science Africa 2017: Supporting Young Talent in Data Science
Pulse Lab Kampala and participants from 60 different organizations came together for the third Data Science Africa workshop, which was held from 17th- 21st July 2017 in Arusha, Tanzania. Following
