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Media Monitoring of Nepal EarthquakeOur Experience in Generating Evidence and Informing Policy
Nepal Earthquake
A Shocker …
When news/stories came from all corners …
A mosaic of eagerness, anxiety and confusion …
The DIRECTION Dilemma
Catalysing the CHANGE◦ Collecting fact/evidence
◦ Understanding and synthesizing the evidence
◦ Communicating the evidence effectively
WHAT TRIGGERED THE ACTION?
Emergency response from Day
Zero
Need for quick and
reliable info to feed in response actions
HERD team developed a framework and started
media monitoring
Daily synthesized media monitoring reports for over a period of about one month informing govt officials and wider stakeholders on a daily basis
The Process …An example of Evidence Collection:Date Content Source Link22-MayNew moms in Nepal facing uncertain
futureNew York Times
http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/05/22/new-moms-in-nepal-facing-uncertain-futures-in-aftermath-of-earthquake/
22-MayBeauty of Human Spirit! House/Barn destroyed Jagat still insisted on sharing his tea & buffalo milk.
Individual via Twitter
22-MayPetition to Nepal Government to focus on mental health problems
Change.org via Twitter
https://www.change.org/p/government-of-nepal-do-more-to-help-your-citizens-that-suffer-from-mental-health-problems
22-MayAdministering vaccines preemptively required rather than as a response to an outbreak - report from an assessment of technical teams: Public Library of Science (PLOS) Medicine Consulting Editor - Lorenz von Seidlein with Nepali team
PLOS.org http://blogs.plos.org/speakingofmedicine/2015/05/21/nepal-after-the-recent-earthquakes-reconstruction-and-vaccine-preventable-enteric-diseases/
22-MayCan't sleep & still awake at 4am feeling aftershocks 1 month after the Nepal Earthquake
Individual via Twitter
22-MayAnne Sanquini, a PhD student at Stanford, is studying how to motivate people to take precautionary action to protect their homes and schools against earthquakes. On April 25, Sanquini found herself on the ground during the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal, the very situation she has been researching and preparing for.
Standford University
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8qKz0IzQxU
The Process …An example of Evidence Synthesis:
Media Monitoring Report of May 19 Synthesizing similar daily media monitoring reports, we produced a summary report
Summary Report of Media Monitoring
Evidence we generated …Public Health CareEmergency health treatment, drug supply, epidemic outbreak …
Rescue EffortsGovernment, local and international rescue team efforts
Aid ManagementDonations received, pledged by foreign countries…
Mgmt of Food, Drugs and SuppliesDistribution of supplies
Govt EffortsQuake relief fundRehabilitationCabinet decisionsField inspections
Public ReactionsMistrustSupportWaiting for suppliesHope for rehabilitation
OthersSanitationEconomic ImpactPositives from Nepal Earthquake
The OUTCOME … Quick, Comprehensive,
Neutral and Accessible Data
Quick and Informed Response
Better Learning, Better Preparation
THE EMPHASIS On DATA … OPENNESS
ACCESSIBILITY
SYNTHESIS
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
OUR EMBEDDED APPROACH
POLICYEVIDENCE PRACTICE
Remember, these days…
So, the #OpenData Movement demands:
Need for more authentic and easily available data
Developing resource library for good practice of utilizing Evidence for Development
BIG THANK YOUCheers to #OpenData Initiative…HERDKathmandu, Nepalwww.herd.org.np@HERDNepal