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Big Data and the Sustainable Development Goals: Innovations and Partnerships to Support National Monitoring

With support from Partners for Review (P4R), SDSN TReNDS undertook a systematic review of the recent scientific literature on innovative data collection methods and the use of big data to support national monitoring of the SDGs. These methods were mapped against specific criteria to assess their feasibility, rigor, replicability, and sustainability between now and 2030 and the findings are catalogued in a repository. The results and findings of this review have helped to feed into this report, which considers the partnership processes required to enable uptake at the national level, including the policy, regulatory, and practical aspects relevant for partnerships.

Big Data, National MonitoringTReNDS StaffJuly 14, 2021big data, nontraditional data, SDGs

Innovations in Disease Surveillance and Monitoring: Chapter in Springer Handbook of Global Health

While there have been worldwide improvements in public health over the past few decades, new viruses and other pandemics are expected to increase as we move towards high-density, urban living. But with only 49 countries reporting high-quality cause of death data to the WHO, the exact burden of infectious diseases is impossible to know. As made clear by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a vital need for identifying and monitoring the spread of new infectious diseases.

TReNDS StaffNovember 9, 2020disease, monitoring, surveillance, big data

Mobilizing the household data required to progress toward the SDGs

This report examines three main options for collecting post-2015 data: household survey instruments, administrative and registry data, and big data (including satellite, marketing, internet/social media, call data records, and other so-called “digital breadcrumbs”).

Original thought leadership, lessons in data production and use, and critical evaluation of pilot projects.

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