Inferring COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes from X

Social media has become a platform for the public to openly advocate and express their opinions on various issues including health.

Case Study X Health COVID-19

Understanding the Economic Impact of Vaccination

The World Bank East Asia and the Pacific Economic Update April 2022 analyzed challenges and opportunities facing the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region.

Case Study Meta Health

Is El Salvador's health care system ready for telemedicine?

The World Bank’s Digital Economy for Latin America (DE4LAC) initiative leveraged data from Ookla for Good™ to analyze El Salvador’s telecommunication network to understand to what extent the national healthcare system could leverage the existing digital infrastructure and develop e-health applications.

Case Study Ookla Health

For Reduced Exposure to COVID-19, the Quality of Your Internet Matters

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments-imposed movement restrictions to curb the spread of the disease.

Meta Ookla COVID-19 Health Digital Development

Communicating for Health: How Did Indians Get Informed about COVID-19 during the Pandemic?

The COVID-19 pandemic saw an unprecedented amount of scientific information disseminated: throughout 2020, 11 research articles on COVID-19 were published every hour.

Case Study Meta Health COVID-19 Health

Understanding Societal Responses to Policies Undertaken During Emergencies: Lessons from COVID-19’s Second Wave in Maharashtra

Maharashtra, one of the wealthiest states in India, was among the worst hit by COVID-19, registering nearly 140,000 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.

Case Study Outlogic SpaceKnow Health Disaster Risk Management Urban Development COVID-19

Facebook’s Covid-19 Trends and Impact Survey

With as many as 8 vaccines approved for use around the world the most urgent need now to control the spread of the novel coronavirus is increasing vaccination rates.

Meta Health COVID-19

Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 in Indonesia

Challenge Although there is a widespread awareness of the pandemic, there is a lack of understanding from citizens’ perspective, especially behaviors it triggers, sentiments towards government as well as rising concerns.

Premise Health Poverty

Analyzing Spatial Accessibility of Health Facilities in Indonesia and Philippines

Challenge: Indonesia and the Philippines are archipelagos, where geographic and administrative boundaries are similar. The collection of islands is home to different concentrations of ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic groups, with an imbalanced distribution of health facilities and physicians.

Meta Mapbox Health Transport

Addressing COVID-19 through Public-Private Data Partnerships: Where Do We Put New Testing Facilities?

Background As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, the World Bank is ramping up its response to help countries around the world.

Meta Mapbox Health COVID-19