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Samaanguru

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Mapping Snow Via Mobile Phone

The radio station WNYC is creating on-air and online stories from two things very familiar to people in the Northeastern United States: mobile phones and snow. A snowstorm over the holidays was the...

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Upgrading development: Can technology alleviate poverty?

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The Bi-Weekly ICT4D Retrospective: Important Links for May 23 – June 5,…

Read more: The Bi-Weekly ICT4D Retrospective: Important Links for May 23 – June 5,… The post The Bi-Weekly ICT4D Retrospective: Important Links for May 23 – June 5,… appeared first on Global Health...

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The Philippines is not Haiti

A month in, more or less, and we’re now to the point in the Typhoon Haiyan response when the initial surges of various kinds are over. Fundraising has slowed. Major donors like OFDA and the EC have...

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How Indonesians Are Using ICT and Social Media for Disaster Management

This is cross-posted from Discover.ISIF.Asia a new website looking at ICT use in Asia and the Pacific. Subscribe by email to get more posts like this. Indonesia’s Internet penetration isn’t impressive...

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DataAid: managing information streams in the Philippines disaster response...

A huge thank you to Amos Doornbos for writing this guest post about his experience using FrontlineCloud as a co-manager of World Vision’s Speed Evidence Project. What’s the problem with data in...

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The Role of Connectivity in Emergencies: A Case Study of Ebola

The Ebola crisis revealed that a dearth of ICT capacity in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone prevented or greatly impeded access to and the exchange of information, real-time case management and...

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The Big 1-O

Today Frontline turns 10 years old! And we’ve come a long way. Frontline started as a way to make communication easier, using SMS as a way to reach everyone quickly and efficiently. Visit link: The Big...

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How urban, land, disaster response, and social specialists support both...

About this series More blog posts Every year, conflict and natural disasters force millions to flee their homes and seek refuge elsewhere, either within or beyond the borders of their country. While...

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The view from above: drones in humanitarian action

Our Editor-in-Chief, Amanda Cave, explores the findings of the first comprehensive survey that reveals what humanitarians really think about drones. The post The view from above: drones in...

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Showcase Your Resilience Innovation with The Rockefeller Foundation

Are you using digital technology to help individuals, families, communities, businesses or governments in Asia adapt to shocks and chronic stresses? If so, we want to hear from you by March 24th. FHI...

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Global Health in Conflict: A Weightier Commitment

I currently work as an epidemiologist at a regional health department in Texas. We serve two main roles for the 30 counties we cover. One of our roles is to function as a local health department and...

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Disaster Response Partnering Guidelines For Aid Providers and Mobile Network...

When disaster strikes, the ability to reach victims quickly, and at scale, is key to saving lives. Yet in most crisis zones, the reality is frustrating: The key players are in place; they’re just not...

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You Need to Use UAVs in Emergencies

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or drones, really excel in emergencies as they satisfy the first need in an emergency: provide quick, cheap, and highly local damage estimates. UAV’s: Are small, portable,...

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