Disease Prevention Maps

The Institute for Disease Modeling describes projections for the burden of infections and deaths in King and Snohomish Counties through April 7, as projections further out are strongly sensitive to... The Institute for Disease Modeling describes projections for the burden of infections and deaths in King and Snohomish Counties through April 7, as projections further out are strongly sensitive to assumptions about the scale of the local outbreak and importation dynamics from other regions that are not yet known.

Where do we need extra test facilities? This was one of the key questions posed by experts at a recent COVID-19 response meeting. How can we offer approximate answers to this question when we don’t... Where do we need extra test facilities? This was one of the key questions posed by experts at a recent COVID-19 response meeting. How can we offer approximate answers to this question when we don’t have good - or any - data? We need to know where the vulnerable people are and where they could go to receive medical support. We worked with Facebook’s Disease Prevention Maps – a global map with population density estimates, sufficient for our purposes. We then needed to determine location of health facilities – accessible via government partners, or, in a pinch, through open data (e.g., Open Street Map).

Reductions in person-to-person contact through a variety of social distancing measures appear to be making a difference in slowing the spread of COVID-19 in King County, but those measures need to... Reductions in person-to-person contact through a variety of social distancing measures appear to be making a difference in slowing the spread of COVID-19 in King County, but those measures need to continue to succeed in decreasing and delaying the outbreak peak, according to two new reports by the Bellevue-based Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM).

Harvard School of Public Health, Direct Relief, and Northwestern used the high resolution population density map for Mozambique to better inform the potential outbreak of cholera after Cyclone Idai... Harvard School of Public Health, Direct Relief, and Northwestern used the high resolution population density map for Mozambique to better inform the potential outbreak of cholera after Cyclone Idai and in advance of Cyclone Kenneth in Mozambique. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corban Lundborg. In this photo, The World Food Programme transports relief supplies to Mozambique on April 8th following Cyclone Idai. Six weeks later, Cyclone Kenneth caused additional flooding, leaving Mozambique at additional risk of a cholera outbreak.