http://www.unglobalpulse.org/unicef-virtualworkshop
Dr. Linus Bengtsson - a clinical epidemiologist – discussed his work with mobile phone networks to effectively track population movements following the Haiti Earthquake. The data collected assisted the more efficient distribution of humanitarian relief to populations in need. His new organization, Flowminder, based in Stolkholm Sweden, is establishing a global clearinghouse for aggregating, analyzing, and disseminating anonymized mobile phone location data to NGOs and relief agencies during disaster relief and reconstruction efforts.
ICT role in 21st century education and its challenges
BENGTSSON-Big Data in the Service of Humanitarian Operations
1. Big Data in the Service of
Humanitarian Operations
Linus Bengtsson, MD
linus.bengtsson@flowminder.org
linus.bengtsson@ki.se
Big Data and Real Time Analytics Virtual Workshop
UNICEF/UN Global Pulse
26 July, 2012
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• 1.9 million anonymous SIM cards
• Ratio of the SIM cards to the adult
population in Port-au-Prince: 50%
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10. Movements of SIM cards out of
Cholera Outbreak Area
Source: Bengtsson, Lu et al. PLoS Medicine
18. Mobility and Communicable Diseases
✴ Can population movements
predict epidemic spread of
cholera and other diseases?
✴ Malaria elimination strategies
and mobility
✴ Mobility of unvaccinated
populations