Category: General
Team Member Spotlight: Mandy Dube
Apr 20, 2015
The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Mandy Dube, Change Management Lead from the Lusaka, Zambia office.
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Team Member Spotlight: Laurie Werner
Apr 13, 2015
The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Laurie Werner, Deputy Director in Seattle.
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Team Member Spotlight: Jamal Nassor
Apr 6, 2015
The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Jamal Nassor, Office Coordinator/Senior Driver from the Arusha, Tanzania office.
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How Can Digital Behavior Correlate to Disease Risk?
Apr 3, 2015
In a recent article on Reuters, a new study suggests “Internet search data might someday help estimate the prevalence of non-communicable diseases like stroke, heart disease or cancer.” Using search terms from Google Trends, the authors of the study uncovered a strong correlation with CDC’s measured estimates of disease risk from population data
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Team Member Spotlight: Fred Njobvu
Mar 27, 2015
The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Fred Njobvu, Provincial Coordinator in Livingstone, Zambia.
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Team Member Spotlight: Monica Graham
Mar 20, 2015
The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Monica Graham, Communications Manager in Seattle.
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Aligning with Partners on Health Data Quality and Use
Mar 17, 2015
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a meeting in Geneva sponsored by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to discuss their new data quality and survey requirements for countries. While the meeting focused on the communication of these requirements to countries and how to support them to meet them, the topic of how to address the overall need to improve data quality and data use (and not merely assessing it at the country level) was also continually highlighted. How can countries know their data quality and then create plans to improve it?
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Team Member Spotlight: Oswald Luoga
Mar 13, 2015
The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Oswald Luoga, Implementation Specialist in Arusha, Tanzania.
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Celebrating International Women’s Day in Zambia
Mar 6, 2015
Annually on the 8th of March, Zambia, one of the BID Initiative’s demonstration countries, celebrates International Women’s Day, a day celebrated since 1964 when Zambia received independence. The aim of this holiday is to inspire women and celebrate women’s achievements. It is a time to reflect on progress made on issues affecting women, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary woman who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their communities.
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Team Member Spotlight: Dawn Seymour
Feb 27, 2015
The BID Initiative team works across three countries in the United States, Tanzania and Zambia. This week, we learn more about Dawn Seymour, Technical Advisor in Zambia.
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