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Apart from the basic data collection tools like KOBO and ODK, There are other advanced online tools which enable easy and fast data collection/analysi...
9 unique innovations for Humanitarian AID
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The latest mobile apps for humanitarians 2018
Planet of the Apps presented some of the latest mobile applications supporting humanitarian initiatives and disaster relief operations across the worl...
E-Learning and Technology in Africa
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Using Smartphones to Tackle Malnutrition #innovation #mHealth
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is using smartphones to collect vital data about malnutrition in Borno state, Nigeria, wher...
Realtime disease outbreak monitoring – HealthMap
HealthMap, a team of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children’s Hospital founded in 2006, is an established glo...
Emergencies surveillance – Early Warning Alert and Response System
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How Drones Can Help in Humanitarian Emergencies
Few technologies have undergone as radical a change as drones. Where five years ago, drones were mainly seen as an instrument of war, today they are f...
Best mobile data collection tools with strong GIS component
Collecting information on facilities often requires a different approach: while the logic of the survey form requires less complex patterns, the impor...