COVID19

AO. Nairobi governor responds to COVID-19

AO: Mike Sonko responded to the COVID-19 crisis in Kenya by distributing care packages to hospitals and the controversial aspect was that he included alcohol in the packages.Read more

How have different actors responded to COVID-19 and what kinds of counter responses have emerged to that?
Feleke, Bethlehem. 2020. “Kenya Governor under Fire after Putting Hennessy Bottles in Coronavirus Care Packages.” CNN, April 17, 2020.
Analytics for Research Data KE COVID-19 Project

Corporate research responses

AO: In addition to this infographic by IDEO (who is the target audience for this infographic?), I have also observed several corporate research companies figuring out how to spin their ongoing and...Read more

How have different actors responded to COVID-19 and what kinds of counter responses have emerged to that?
"COVID-19 Communication and Behavior Change with IDEO"
Analytics for Research Data KE COVID-19 Project

Google's COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports

AO: This Pathways International "COVID-19 Data Center" includes a section on "community mobility reports" which pulls from Google. The...Read more

What data infrastructure supports efforts to understand and respond to COVID-19? What data is being generated to better understand COVID-19 and where is it being stored/analyzed/collected and to what effects?
Covid19 Data Center
Analytics for Research Data KE COVID-19 Project

How are universities responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, what kind of support have they been given, what problems have emerged, and how are these problems being tracked and responded to?

What claims are being made about COVID-19 and how is data leveraged or not?

Kimari, Wangui. 2020. “The People vs 4G Internet and Other Corona Stories from Kenya.” Africa Is a Country (blog). March 30, 2020.

AO: This artifact was shared with the Research Data KE Working Group (via whatsapp) on Saturday April 4, 2020. It is an article in Africa is a Country authored by Wangui Kimari.Read more

Feleke, Bethlehem. 2020. “Kenya Governor under Fire after Putting Hennessy Bottles in Coronavirus Care Packages.” CNN, April 17, 2020.

AO: This article was sent to me by San Francisco-based friends about the controversial Nairobi governor who was putting alcohol in hospital care packages.Read more

How is COVID19 impacting and intersecting with food security?

How are people and organizations sharing information and knowledge about COVID-19? What boundaries (e.g. urban/rural; national; language) are being crossed or further fortified due to these information flows?

Google COVID-19 Community Mobility Report for Kenya on May 9, 2020

AO: After learning about the Google COVID-19 Community Mobility Data, I searched for what was available on Kenya and was only able to download this PDF which primarily states "there is not enough...Read more

"COVID-19 Communication and Behavior Change with IDEO"

How is COVID19 impacting ritual order and ritual expectations (e.g. weddings, funerals)?

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