You often use Google Maps on your phone to estimate the time to get to a certain place. What if the same technology was used to estimate travel time to emergency obstetric care facilities in urban areas? See Tackling In-transit delays 4 Mothers in Emergency's new paper #Geographical accessibility to functional

One of my graduate students dropped by my office, exasperated, and said, "I don't know how to innovate. So, how can I do a PhD?". I erased my whiteboard and began listing strategies for generating new research ideas. They left reassured and excited! As #professors, we mentor

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Measuring #geographic access to emergency obstetric care in SSA cities, Tackling In-transit delays 4 Mothers in Emergency's latest paper in GeospatialHealth • How do travel time estimates extracted from Google Maps Directions API compare with those modelled via the World Health Organization (WHO) #spatial accessibility tool (AccessMod)❓ 👉At

The Population Health Unit group at KEMRI-Wellcome is looking for a research officer (#geospatial, #epi, #rspatial #rstats). ►Gather & process multiple data layers to assess climate vulnerability. ► Explore spatial & temporal trends in disease ecology & the impact of climatic

We're seeking a passionate PhD student to explore antibody repertoire diversity in African populations, which is crucial for designing regionally effective HIV vaccines based at KEMRI-Wellcome Trust under SANTHE. Apply now: shorturl.at/1Y5sp Deadline: August 10, 2024

Evaluating the gap in rapid diagnostic testing: insights from subnational #Kenyan (Ministry of Health) routine health data (DHIS2) led by Bibian Robert & Turi. Our new paper in BMJ_Open. 👉Low reporting completeness 👉#Spatial heterogeneities in supply & unmet needs

Calling all Master’s students! Have you completed your taught modules? Apply for a partial studentship and receive support to complete your studies. Apply: shorturl.at/2sjVF Deadline: September 23, 2024

Congratulations to Bibian Robert for 💫best poster award💫 at #GeoMed2024. Her work highlights the need for geographically targeting interventions for anaemia among school children. Bibian is currently visiting Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp from KEMRI-Wellcome Trust. Full paper doi.org/10.1371/journa…

#spatial epidemiology , health #geography

New read ~ Prof. Justine Blanford's (Faculty ITC | University of Twente) new book: #Geographic Information, #Geospatial Technologies and #Spatial Data Science for Health #health geography routledge.com/Geographic-Inf…

Geospatial Kenya 🇰🇪 doings, University of Nairobi University of Nairobi | Department of Geospatial and Space Technology Faculty of Engineering | Prof. Karanja and Dr. Siriba DSiriba - 🇰🇪 Licensed Surveyors and The Institution of Surveyors of Kenya Members | 'Historical Evolution of Access Regulations on Grasslands and

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More good news for the Sentinel-2 mission! S2A, recently retired, is given a temporary extension. It will support S2B+C to provide additional data. Lots of hard work behind the scenes to make this happen. Glad to see it! ESA Earth Observation Copernicus EU sentinels.copernicus.eu/web/sentinel/-…

Insightful discussions continue on day 2 of the #KASHConference themed "Research Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Health Systems; A Community-driven Agenda" shaping the future of healthcare through research, technology and innovation. #KASH2025

I've created a website called Data Hacks, which contains over 1,000 quick R and Python tutorials. Solutions are shown without unnecessary talk, allowing you to quickly find code snippets for specific problems. The graph in this post displays some of the plots created on Data

Newly published: 𝐏𝐚𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬, led by moses musau in Frontiers - Public Health ►►Severe anaemia admissions had the highest median

Tune in tomorrow as Nancy Awuor, researcher at KEMRI-Wellcome discusses about “Caring, communicating, coping: nursing realities in Kenya’s newborn unit”. This is part of the Harnessing Innovation in Global Health for Quality Care study evaluating how the introduction of new

Tune in tomorrow morning to Radio Maisha as Dr. Edna Mutua, researcher at KEMRI-Wellcome talks about Hygiene in Newborn Units focusing on the interplay of infrastructure, resources and health care worker and caregiver behavior. This is part of the Harnessing Innovation in

🦟 Where are Kenya’s Aedes aegypti hotspots? 📚New research by Samuel Muchiri et al. uses advanced modeling to predict ecological suitability with population density emerging as the top factor, urging for strengthening of surveillance to prevent outbreaks. 🔗shorturl.at/TOCDB