You say you want a [data] revolution: Reflections one year on

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 1299-1306
Author(s):  
Bojan Nastav ◽  
Steve MacFeely
Keyword(s):  
Special Session ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
World Congress ◽  
Indicator Framework ◽  
One Year ◽  
Global Indicator ◽  
Online Debate

In August 2019, the IAOS discussion platform was launched with a special session at the ISI World Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The first paper published as part of that discussion series was ‘You say you want a [data] Revolution: A proposal to use unofficial statistics for the SDG Global Indicator Framework’. This follow-on paper looks back over the year since the launch, summarizes the online debate, highlights some other relevant papers, and reflects on where the discussion rests today.

scholarly journals TASK AND PROGRESS OF IAEG-SDGS: WGGI IN MONITORING SDGS THROUGH A ‘GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION’ LENS

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-3 ◽  
pp. 385-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Geng ◽  
J. Chen ◽  
H. P. Zhang ◽  
K. Xu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Indicator Framework ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Global Indicator

In September 2015, the 193 Member States of the United Nations (UN) unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aiming to transform the world over the next 15 years (ESDN, 2016). To meet the ambitions and demands of the 2030 Agenda, it is necessary for the global indicator framework to adequately and systematically address the issue of alternative data sources and methodologies, including geospatial information and Earth observations in the context of geographic location (UN-GGIM, 2016). For this purpose, the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goals Indicator (IAEG-SDGs) created the Working Group on Geospatial Information (IAEG-SDGs: WGGI) to give full play to the role of geospatial data in SDGs measurement and monitoring. The Working Group reviewed global indicators through a ‘geographic location’ lens to pick out those which geospatial information can significantly support the production, and analyzed the methodological and measurements issues. This paper has discussed the progress in monitoring SDGs ever since the establishment of IAEG-SDGs: WGGI, as well as the existing problems, appropriate solutions and plans for the next stage of work.

scholarly journals 66 Short Term Outcomes Following Fragility HIP Fracture in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (Supplement_4) ◽  
pp. iv13-iv17
Author(s):  
Hui Min Khor ◽  
Hui Xin Teh ◽  
Fang Chin Tan ◽  
Tharshne Shanmugam ◽  
Sankara C Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hip Fracture ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Fragility Hip Fracture ◽  
Tertiary Center ◽  
Mortality Outcome ◽  
One Year ◽  
A Prospective Study ◽  
Mobility Status

Abstract Introduction Hip fracture carries huge burden to the older person with 40% of patients unable to walk independently after a year and mortality risk of 30% at one year. The study aims to report short-term outcomes following hip fracture from the experience of a tertiary center in Kuala Lumpur. Methods A prospective study was performed in University of Malaya where consecutive patients admitted to the orthopaedic wards with fragility hip fracture from March 2016 to August 2018 were recruited. Information on basic socio-demographics, comorbidities, functional status, pre and post-operative assessments, and discharge details were recorded. Outcome measures include the ability to return to pre-fracture mobility status and mortality in 6 months post fracture. Results A total of 302 patients with mean age of 79.8 (SD 7.28) years old were included in the study. 276 (91.4%) underwent surgery with mortality rate of 7% in 30days and 14.4% in 6 months. 16.4% of patients underwent surgery within 48hours of admission. Time to surgery was not associated with morbidity or mortality outcome in our study. In 6 months follow up, 23.6% of patients were freely mobile, 27.1% were mobile with one aid, 35.5% required walking frame and 13.8% were immobile. 41.6% of patients managed to regain prefracture mobility status. Multivariate analysis showed that age, length of hospitalization and prefracture mobility statuses were predictors of mobility recovery after hip fracture. Conclusion Fragility hip fracture has devastating consequences from our study. There is an urgent call to improve acute hip fracture care and post-acute care rehabilitation in Malaysia.

scholarly journals Monitoring mosquito nuisance for the development of a citizen science approach for malaria vector surveillance in Rwanda

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn Milumbu Murindahabi ◽  
Willem Takken ◽  
Xavier Misago ◽  
Elias Niyituma ◽  
Jackie Umupfasoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Malaria Vector ◽  
Vector Surveillance ◽  
Mosquito Abundance ◽  
Science Approach ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
African Context ◽  
One Year ◽  
And Control ◽  
Global Indicator

Abstract Background Many countries, including Rwanda, have mosquito monitoring programmes in place to support decision making in the fight against malaria. However, these programmes can be costly, and require technical (entomological) expertise. Involving citizens in data collection can greatly support such activities, but this has not yet been thoroughly investigated in a rural African context. Methods Prior to the implementation of such a citizen-science approach, a household entomological survey was conducted in October–November 2017 and repeated one year later in Busoro and Ruhuha sectors, in southern and eastern province of Rwanda, respectively. The goal was to evaluate the perception of mosquito nuisance reported by citizens as a potential indicator for malaria vector hotspots. Firstly, mosquito abundance and species composition were determined using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) light traps inside the houses. Secondly, household members were interviewed about malaria risk factors and their perceived level of mosquito nuisance. Results Tiled roofs, walls made of mud and wood, as well as the number of occupants in the house were predictors for the number of mosquitoes (Culicidae) in the houses, while the presence of eaves plus walls made of mud and wood were predictors for malaria vector abundance. Perception of mosquito nuisance reported indoors tended to be significantly correlated with the number of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato (s.l.) and Culicidae collected indoors, but this varied across years and sectors. At the village level, nuisance also significantly correlated with An. gambiae s.l. and total mosquito density, but only in 2018 while not in 2017. Conclusions Perception of mosquito nuisance denoted in a questionnaire survey could be used as a global indicator of malaria vector hotspots. Hence, involving citizens in such activities can complement malaria vector surveillance and control.

New forage species for integration of sheep in rubber plantations

1997 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. F. NG ◽  
W. W. STÜR ◽  
H. M. SHELTON
Keyword(s):  
Light Transmission ◽  
Paspalum Notatum ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Panicum Maximum ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Brachiaria Humidicola ◽  
Small Plot ◽  
One Year ◽  
Yield Responses ◽  
Stylosanthes Scabra

The productivity and persistence of 91 accessions of grasses, legumes and broad-leaved weeds were evaluated under young rubber at the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia Experimental Station at Sungai Buloh near Kuala Lumpur. The species were chosen from world collections for their reported shade tolerance. Two small plot experiments were conducted from 1989 to 1990 and regular harvests were used to assess yield and persistence. The soil at the site was acidic (pH 4·7) and infertile, and light transmission declined from 65 to 20% in Expt 1 and from 90 to 50% in Expt 2.Pattern and cluster analyses were used to allocate accessions to groups with similar yield responses. Grasses which demonstrated both high yield and persistence of yield were Brachiaria decumbens MARDI accession, B. humidicola cv. Tully and Panicum maximum cvs Gatton, Riversdale and Vencedor. High yielding and persistent legumes were Stylosanthes scabra cv. Seca and S. guianensis CIAT 184. Survival of species monitored one year after completion of the experiment indicated the good longer term persistence of grasses Stenotaphrum secundatum, Panicum laxum, Paspalum notatum, Paspalum wettsteinii, Brachiaria humidicola and Panicum maximum cv. Vencedor, and legumes Arachis repens and A. pintoi.

Reflection on the UN General Assembly Special Session on drugs – one year on

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Rolles
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Special Session ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
The Status ◽  
Un General Assembly ◽  
One Year ◽  
International Conventions ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show a reflection of one year on how the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) event was unfolded and its impacts and longer term implications. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a consideration of relevant past and present documentation and commentary. Experiences as a participant at some of the events described. Findings UNGASS was called for by countries affected by the failings of the existing conventions who wanted to introduce reformed alternative policies. Representatives of the status quo who opposed such change were partially successful in retaining some aspects of the prohibition approach and in minimising dissent and debate. Research limitations/implications Some decision-making discussions were not open to all potential participants – governmental, regional and civil society, including the author. Practical implications The wider debate prompted by the UNGASS indicated a breakdown in the previous consensus around the prohibition and punitive paradigm of the international conventions. Social implications Greater emphases on health and human rights aspects of international drug policy were included in the final documents. This provides scope for continued evolution of these emphases in the future. Originality/value The paper presents an account of the UNGASS and pre-UNGASS proceedings from the point of view of a reform-minded participant.

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