💧 In 2019, unsafe WASH caused over 1M child deaths, including 69% of diarrheal deaths worldwide according to @who.int. @planeoproject.bsky.social is building a dashboard under @jmcolston.bsky.social leadership linking climate + child health to guide solutions.
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💻 Big shout-out to UVA’s Research Computing team! 🙌
With support from the Data Analytics Center and Ivy Secure Environment, Plan-EO built the data infrastructure powering our geospatial dashboard ☁️🗺️.
🔗 Learn more: www.rc.virginia.edu/project/plan...
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📝 New blog up on @defeatdd.bsky.social
Hundreds of thousands of kids die from diarrheal disease each year—yet it’s preventable. In our new Q&A, Plan-EO members share how big data is helping change that. @jmcolston.bsky.social
👉 defeatdd.org/blog/plan-eo...
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🌍 Plan-EO makes all its data open and accessible! 💡📊
Our paper in PLOS Global Public Health maps where homes in low and middle-income countries are more likely to have covered floors, a key factor in child health 🏠🦠
📄 Read: journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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💡What struck Josh most was how connected Japan is in global health. From PhD students from Vietnam, Kenya, and the DRC to collaborations across the Global South and North, these ties show why different perspectives matter.
🔗 awaji-forum.com/en/2025
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🌏🌟 Earlier this month Plan-EO coordinator Josh Colston, traveled to Japan 🎌 to present the project at the Awaji International Forum on Infection & Immunity. He was impressed by the science and the spirit of collaboration.
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🌐 ClimED links climate and health data using large-scale surveillance, including high-income countries. Plan-EO focuses on specific pathogens in LMICs. Together these views give a fuller picture of diarrheal disease.
🔗 paulcarlos.quarto.pub/climed
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Kicking off our #TeamSpotlight 🌍 Meet Hannah, former #PlanEO intern ➡️ now Knowledge Management Specialist! A #UVA med student, she’s driven by #GlobalHealth equity & supported our review on disease risk in rural life. Her work fuels #SPRINGSProject goals 🚀 #HealthEquity #PublicHealth #Episky
📊 At the symposium Josh joined discussions with Prof. Shinjiro Hamano, Joshua Levy, Alex Shaw, and Jillian Sarah Gauld. The speaker line-up showed how diverse methods and global voices come together to tackle infectious disease modeling.
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🗼On the same trip, Josh met Paul Chua, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Lina Madaniyazi and Masahiro Hashizume. They are part of the ClimED group, a collaboration between the University of Tokyo🎓and Nagasaki University 🏫
#ChildHealth #Collaboration
