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In our second session we’re reflecting on leveraging geospatial data for global development. Our director Professor Andy Tatem has been reflecting on “A Decade of Demographic Mapping at WorldPop”, with an overview of some of our key work from the last 10 years. 🎉 #WorldPop10

We're advertising a competition-funded PhD on dual-wavelength laser scanning for estimating chlorophyll content & vegetation health. Based at University of Southampton with supervision from Jadu Dash, Jo Nield, and myself. Further details: findaphd.com/phds/project/c…

New read ~ Prof. Justine Blanford's (Faculty ITC | University of Twente) new book: #Geographic Information, #Geospatial Technologies and #Spatial Data Science for Health #health geography routledge.com/Geographic-Inf…

📢New Publication: Just out in the The Bulletin of the World Health Organization, we argue for new thinking in understanding & addressing #inequalities in geographical access to emergency obstetric & newborn care. Setting the tone for the future.⏩ Grateful to co-authors & contributors🙏🏾 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11…

Fully funded MSc/PhD Studentships within South Coast DTP (ESRC): The Department of Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton is seeking PhD students to apply to the South Coast DTP The deadline 17:00 (GMT) on 17th January 2025 Further details below ⤵️

Delighted to share our latest publication in Vaccines MDPI highlighting the importance of geospatial analyses following vaccination campaigns to estimate zero-dose prevalence at granular levels and inform follow-up RI strategies. (1/2) mdpi.com/2076-393X/12/1…

🌍 WorldPop is partnering with the University of Bristol on a new Wellcome Trust project to construct age/sex-structured gridded population future scenarios 🌏 🚨 36-month postdoc research position open - please reshare!: linkedin.com/jobs/view/4070…

Our new preprint investigates geostatistical, machine learning and hybrid approaches for mapping vaccination coverage and other health and development indicators. You can check it out via the link: brnw.ch/21wPF6w. #VaxPop #WorldPop

Hosting Ghana Health Service (Ghana Health Service) and Ministry of Health Ghana (Ministry of Health, Ghana) at the Tackling In-transit delays 4 Mothers in Emergency stakeholder briefing meeting and evidence dissemination for the #OnTIME #Ghana Project. #EmOC #MaternalHealth #PerinatalHealth #UHC #Accessibility #policy #EWENE

The LVASA-SRS project held a 4-day scientific workshop (19th - 22nd February 2025) to review results from data generated on maternal deaths across Lagos State over the past year. Experts present were from @LUTH LASUTH LSMOH It was facilitated with support from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine APHRC

Tackling In-transit delays 4 Mothers in Emergency features in #Ghana news! Report on the policy engagement meeting on #EmOC #geographical #accessibility in the Greater Accra region. #EmOC #MaternalHealth #PerinatalHealth #UHC #Accessibility #policy #EWENE gna.org.gh/2025/02/ontime…

Tackling In-transit delays 4 Mothers in Emergency As announced at The Check Up, this work is now expanding to Ghana, where the dashboard will be used to strengthen initiatives that reduce maternal mortality and empower decision makers both locally and globally. Learn more: goo.gle/4hhmkzN

Tackling In-transit delays 4 Mothers in Emergency featured at Google Health The Check Up event today here in New York. As lead of this Consortium, I am incredibly proud of this partnership with Google and massively humbled by the impact we are making to transform the lives of #pregnant #women in #Africa #AI #mortality

WorldPop's Andy Tatem and Jessica Espey have written a piece for The Conversation on the growing global crisis in population data - please share in your networks: theconversation.com/global-populat…

This #WorldHealthDay, WHO calls for renewed action to end preventable maternal & newborn deaths. Reducing postpartum haemorrhage—a leading cause of maternal mortality—can play a crucial role in transforming maternal care. Find out more in our Editorial: hubs.li/Q03fW7D50

Every year, 300K mothers die needlessly. Better data means better tracking, accountability, and more lives saved. An important call to immediate action.

Beyond proximity: an observational study of stillbirth rates and emergency obstetric and newborn care accessibility in The Gambia bit.ly/3RzDNch

📢1 Day to Go – 2025 Countdown Lancet Report Launch Listen to some of the report details from our Director Dr. Cheikh Mbacké Faye. Launch details: 🗓️April 14, 2025 ⏲️2pm-5pm GMT Registration link: buff.ly/4hRMgD APHRC Ministère de la Santé et de l'Action sociale PMNCH AlignMNH

🌐 In 5 years, the world will exit the SDG era. Have we made progress? A new Lancet Review highlights the need to refocus on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (#RMNCAH) and nutrition ➡️ hubs.li/Q03h8jvX0 #GlobalHealth #SDGs Countdown to 2030

Distance shouldn't determine a mother's survival. Yet in sub-Saharan Africa, where 70% of maternal deaths occurred in 2020, many women face long journeys to reach quality care. Learn more: buff.ly/AeuAHZi. #MaternalHealth #WeAreAfrica #APHRCResearch Countdown to 2030