Dear Colleagues,
You may be aware of the resent research and projects that demonstrate the value
of big data (besides small data) in discovering trends in public health issues.
Such analyses help the Ministries of health and other
stakeholders in decision making and planning their actions. Implementation of
big data technologies requires not only technology interventions, but also
capacity building, coordination, training at multiple levels.
There are opportunities to develop big data interventions in these countries -
Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda,
Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The organizations should have established local presence,
demonstrated body of work in areas of health and/or data science. This project
will require the organization to be the focal points in their respective
countries, depute 2 resource persons, and coordinate with their ministries of
health.
We have already received confirmed EoI from organizations in these countries: