SAN FRANCISCO: Data and analytics platform Premise Data announced today it has collected data about COVID-19, formerly known as the Coronavirus, from over 50,000 people around the world. Read more: https://www.newkerala.com/news/2020/33375.htm
Read More...If there is one silver-lining to the cloud that is the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, it is that more people are washing their hands. Read more: https://www.turlockjournal.com/news/local/hand-washing-comes-spotlight-amid-coronavirus-fears/
Read More...Droplet or aerosol infection spread? Surgical mask or respirator? Asymptomatic transmission or symptomatic only? Read more: http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/02/unmasked-experts-explain-necessary-respiratory-protection-covid-19
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Going Digital, Integrating Data Science, and Enlisting a Citizen Network By Matej Novak, Head of Programs, Premise Data It’s been one year since Premise partnered with Cali, Colombia on a digital overhaul of the city’s vector surveillance and control operations. In this blog we will discuss our accomplishments, the results of a data science experiment,
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Today, Premise Data and Development Transformations (DT) announced the successful completion of an innovative survey in Mosul, Iraq and surrounding areas. Funded by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), the survey results will play a critical role in guiding ongoing stabilization and countering violent extremism (CVE) efforts in the historic city. Read more
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USAID Center for Innovation and Impact: 2018 Global Health Impact Brief The Center for Innovation and Impact (CII), in USAID’s Bureau for Global Health, encourages business-minded approaches and accelerates impact against some of the world’s most important health issues. CII invests seed capital in the most promising ideas and applies rigorous, market-oriented approaches to cut
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Introduction: Premise recently travelled to Kenya as part of our PEPFAR “DREAMS Innovation Challenge” project which is supporting medical treatment adherence in HIV-positive, adolescent girls and young women. For the past six months, Premise has partnered with local Kenyan HIV clinics to collect real-time patient data covering treatment adherence, and availability and perceptions of
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Modern technology continues to reshape the world — from commerce and geopolitics to our daily mundane details. To thrive in this new paradigm every organization, every decision maker, must understand how to become data driven. Some have called data “the new oil, the new gold.” However, unlike oil and gold, information isn’t finite — its only constraint is our
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This article was originally published on the ICTworks site. Medication adherence still a major issue in the world of free ARTs and services Over 50% of HIV-positive adolescents in Western Kenya fail to adhere to antiretroviral therapy (ART), despite the availability of free services and medications.[1] Non-adherence puts these patients at risk of life-threatening complications
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In this week’s installment we hear about two contributors based in Zambia and Nigeria. Mwila Bwembya Joseph Kasama, Zambia Mwila has recruited over 100 contributors across 15 markets in Zambia. He’s also submitted over 2,500 observations, more than double the next most prolific contributor in Zambia. Premise tenure: 9 months Education: Completed several online courses
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The company pays users for taking photos, walking certain routes, or answering questions that help government fill knowledge gaps. Maury Blackman, the former CEO of Accela, has emerged as the new CEO of a rising analytics company that aspires to bring crowdsourced data and predictive capabilities to local government. Blackman took the helm of the
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By Alexander Davis Feb. 6, 2018 7:30 a.m. ET Premise Data Inc., a data-gathering specialist that relies on a global gig-economy workforce, has tapped as its new chief executive a former CEO of government-focused tech startup Accela. Maury Blackman will replace founder David Soloff, who is staying on as chairman of the board. Mr. Blackman,
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