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A ‘Special Edition’ Newsletter from DIAL
Today, DIAL published a Special Edition of our e-Newsletter. We have been hard at work repurposing and disseminating resources for governments and organizations in the global…
Meeting the Urgency of COVID-19 by Sharing DIAL Resources
Change is often said to be the only constant in life and COVID-19 is doing all it can to prove this to the world. What has not changed is the need for governments…
How DIAL staff are making the best of this moment in quarantine
The world is constantly changing around us. It is one of the constants of life. However, the abrupt changes caused by COVID-19 has had a halting effect like we have not seen in our lifetime. Erie…
Using Mobile Network Operator Data for COVID-19 Response
This page was last updated on June 17, 2020. MNO Data | MNO Data for COVID-19 | Getting Started | Key Terms | Contacts and Resources…
Using Open Source Tools To Fight COVID-19
As we all adjust to living with the new realities that COVID-19 has brought, we are reminded how fragile our world can be. However, many open source tools and technologies have been developed that…
Can the “new COVID-19 normal” help us achieve the SDGs by 2030?
Ifeoma Ibe is an Insights & Impact Fellow 2020 ushered in many anticipated technology trends like advanced data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), and the…
Cross-post: Turning Data into Decisions: Transforming public health supply chains using decision support systems
This blog originally appeared on Digital Square's website and is cross-posted with permission. How do bananas make it from the tree where they grow to your local store? For that matter, how do…
Cross-post: An Intersectional Approach to a Pandemic? Gender Data, Disaggregation, and COVID-19
This blog originally appeared on Data2X’s website and is cross-posted with permission. As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread worldwide, so have calls for more reliable, rapid testing for the…
Ceiling Smasher: Supporting Open Source Software With Interns for Outreachy
Once again this year, DIAL is proud to be a "Ceiling Smasher" supporter of Outreachy, a global program that provides internships to work in open source and free software. Outreachy internships are…
Cross-post: Tackling COVID-19: A Problem So Big, You Can See It From Space
The world passed a grim milestone yesterday, as it reached 500 thousand cases of COVID-19. The pandemic is rapidly encompassing nearly all facets of life and demonstrating both how connected the…