Video: Lightning Talks | MeasureDev 2021

The field of public health has seen major methodological progress in recent years, catalyzed in no small part by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Around the world, researchers are using new types of data and new analytical tools to measure, track, and analyze health trends, interventions, and behaviors. On Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 – Thursday, April 1st, 2021, CEGA and the World Bank Group co-hosted our 7th Annual Measuring Development Conference: Emerging Data and Methods in Global Health Research. The online event showcased applications of novel data and approaches to health challenges in low- and middle-income countries.

0:00​ Intro
3:53​ Antimicrobial resistance: how citizen-generated data can help communities take action (Karen Bett)
13:04​ POKET: An innovation for incentivizing self-reported & citizen-generated data via smartphones (Kamil Shafiq)
20:27​ Amphibian collapses exacerbated malaria outbreaks in Central America (Joakim Weill)
26:51​ Measuring reduction in human movement during COVID-19 lockdowns using open seismic data (Artash Nath)

For more information, see the event page: https://cega.berkeley.edu/event/measu…