Blogs

By Krista Jones, Vital Signs Fellows &Scientists_DSSG 2017  ,Africa Innovations Institute,Tanzania Forest Conservation Group,Wildlife Conservation Society Rwanda,The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Ghana

On July 5,2017 Conservation International  joined the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and additional partners to launch the Food Security Integrated Approach Pilot (IAP).

Do Female-Headed Households have less access to agricultural capital and services? Results from Vital Signs Data from 26 African landscapes

By Matthew Cooper, Felly Tusiime, Madeleine Nyiratuza, Kame Westerman, Tabby Njung’e, Alice Ruhweza, Peter Alele and Alex Zvoleff

Vital Signs is excited to announce that we will be participating in the 2017 Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) program, hosted by the eScience Institute at the University of Washington.

Can Forests Buffer against Malnutrition? Evidence from Vital Signs Data Monitoring in Uganda.

By Matthew Cooper, Tabby Njung’e, Alice Ruhweza, Peter Alele, Felly Tusiime and Julius Okwadi

For the implementation of Vital Signs Kenya, we will partner with the Kenya Ministry of the Environment to build a data sharing platform. This platform will facilitate the integration of socio-economic and environmental data to break down current data-sharing silos. To begin, we will work on integrating data on Kenyan wildlife, a domain that Conservation Internation has considerable experience with.

We are currently holding workshops with designers and stakeholders. Stay tuned for the deployment of the platform in early Fall 2017.

We are pleased to announce that the GEF CEO recently approved a USD 1.2M project for Uganda titled, Strengthening the Capacity of Institutions in Uganda to comply with the Transparency Requirements of the Paris Agreement.

Vital Signs is seeking a Technology Partner to build, maintain and further develop its technology platform. This is an exciting an opportunity to work with a very dedicated and mission driven project. Please download and share the Vital Signs Technology Partner Request for Propsoal.