This is super exciting, interesting work. I’d love to know what kind of stuff already exists in this space because it seems such a great way forward I’m surprised that we aren’t more aware of it.
Do you think this mapping tool was only possible because of the in-depth local knowledge of Uganda the two of you bring? Or is this something that you could scale to other countries? Or could be done by desk-based researchers elsewhere?
I have also done some NGO/charitable/public sector mapping in Uganda and just remember it being an absolute nightmare driving around trying to work out which places were still open, had ever existed, or were open to our user base. Huge props to you guys for doing this work and I’m interested to follow its progress when you start talking to other orgs :)
Health AIM can definitely be used by desk-based researchers, even if you have never been to Uganda our tool can help you understand the healthcare situation here.
The idea for the prototype came through our in-depth knowledge of the health service demand in Northern Uganda, and our mission to reach every healthcare “black hole” with quality healthcare. Now that we have this tool, scaling Health AIM to other countries is very doable because the underlying population and road network data would come from the same source—and we hope it will happen.
This is super exciting, interesting work. I’d love to know what kind of stuff already exists in this space because it seems such a great way forward I’m surprised that we aren’t more aware of it.
Do you think this mapping tool was only possible because of the in-depth local knowledge of Uganda the two of you bring? Or is this something that you could scale to other countries? Or could be done by desk-based researchers elsewhere?
I have also done some NGO/charitable/public sector mapping in Uganda and just remember it being an absolute nightmare driving around trying to work out which places were still open, had ever existed, or were open to our user base. Huge props to you guys for doing this work and I’m interested to follow its progress when you start talking to other orgs :)
Thanks, Joseph for the great question.
Health AIM can definitely be used by desk-based researchers, even if you have never been to Uganda our tool can help you understand the healthcare situation here.
The idea for the prototype came through our in-depth knowledge of the health service demand in Northern Uganda, and our mission to reach every healthcare “black hole” with quality healthcare. Now that we have this tool, scaling Health AIM to other countries is very doable because the underlying population and road network data would come from the same source—and we hope it will happen.