🎓In an interview with @crisismanager, @FacultyITC’s Princess Margriet Chair @MarcvdHomberg shares advancements in disaster impact prediction. He emphasizes the importance of enhancing predictive models to better anticipate & mitigate the effects of disasters. Full interview (in Dutch) here👇 crisismanager.nl/hoogleraar-…

Our Scientific Lead @MarcvdHomberg will deliver his inaugural lecture as Princess Margriet Chair of @FacultyITC @UTwente on 29 November, focussing on leveraging data to anticipate natural hazards & accelerate the humanitarian response.🌪️ 📲 Register: to.510.global/4e5KGf0

🎤 @MarcvdHomberg on leveraging big data for #AnticipatoryAction: “It’s important to carefully determine when & where in the disaster management cycle to use #AI, and to assess models for biases & fairness. This way, we can ensure accountability to the people we support.”

Amid the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, @RedCrossUkraine, @RodeKruis & @ifrc have developed an innovative digital cash information management system, enabling the Ukrainian Red Cross to independently deliver cash assistance to those who need it most ➡️ to.510.global/3JH2u2E

🌊Malawi is exposed to intensifying flood threats. Together, the @MalawiRedCross, @RHDHV, @UNICEF & @RedCross510 channel localized flood models & impact-based forecasting, resulting in granular forecasting & minimizing the cost of disasters. 🚀Witness how the fusion of technology & local expertise ensures communities are informed & safeguarded in the battle against floods: to.510.global/43GUTdu

🔴#GnosisGIS: Mélanie Droogleever Fortuyn, @RedCross510: “Cameroon has experienced cholera outbreaks since 1971. We work with @CroixRougeCam & @CroixRouge to create sustainable partnerships with health actors & reduce the size of outbreaks by using triggers for early action.”

🔴#GnosisGIS: @MarcvdHomberg: “Inequalities persist in countries’ capacities to use #AI. At the Red Cross, we try to address this digital divide by developing trigger models which predict disease outbreaks so that decisionmakers can minimize their impact by activating early action.”

#GnosisGIS will be hosted by @FacultyITC this week, bringing together researchers & health professionals to share advances in geospatial health research. Don’t miss the sessions in which our @RedCross510 team will participate: 🩺Wed, 9:00: GIS in Human & Veterinary Public Health 😷Wed, 11:00: Predicting epidemic scenarios to enable #AnticipatoryAction in Cameroon 🔴Follow the livestream! to.510.global/3FUIlUW

🔴#GlobalDP: @BoukePieter on impact-based forecasting to guide #AnticipatoryAction in Malawi: “We developed the Impact-Based Forecasting (IBF) Portal to visualize incoming floods. With the IBF Portal, we can estimate not just how the weather will be, but what it will do in terms of damage, allowing disaster managers to make decisions for anticipatory action.”🌧️

Scientific research is integral to the success of humanitarian efforts as it drives innovation of established practices. 🚀 We sat down with 3 of our research students to talk about their experience working with us at 510. Check it out! ➡️ to.510.global/3P49Q2p #BackToSchool

🎉 DAY 7 – Students & volunteers 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 Volunteers & students are the spark that accelerates projects within 510. We would like to thank our volunteers & students who work tirelessly to make humanitarian aid more effective through the use of data! ❤️ to.510.global/3NLly1j

This year, we @RedCross510 turn 7! 🎉To celebrate this occasion, we will highlight achievements over the last years with National Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies, @ifrc & other partners, for the next 7 days starting tomorrow. Stay tuned!

“#AfricaDP23: @RedCross510’s @MarcvdHomberg speaking on #AnticipatoryAction in the context of #CycloneFreddi: “There is a need for strong coordination among all actors responding to ensure the efficient use of available tools & effective communication to affected communities.” 🧵