I posted this at the start of the semester, but please be sure you've seen it because we'll speak about it next week. Pay particular attention to the example of Uganda and the internet discussion in the last 2 minutes:
Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen | Video on TED.com
The next year at TED Rosling gave a follow-up presentation with a fascinating discussion of the correlations between technology and health in development goals. If you're interested, watch it here. Additionally, you can go play with TrendAnalyzer, the software developed by GapMinder and acquired by Google at GapMinder World.
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Hi, Annie, I liked his way of showed the data. In particular, I was interested in his way that showed how income inequality exists in the World.
Anyway, I am not sure what his main argument is.
Does he argue that we must develop technology in developing countries, especially statistical data that can be easily accessible, searchable, and understandable?
I think, in part, he's arguing to make existing databases open and accessible so everyone can get to them. His point about the costs and passwords associated with data speaks to this. Also, he said most organizations think their data is too specialized for others to understand, which is just wrong.
Second, his talk was at TED, a conference that serves as a platform for speaking a message or movement to a huge audience. He was using this platform to communicate/teach the issues of health in development.
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