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Using AI to improve maternal health chatbots in South Africa

Our team shares how we worked with Praekelt.org to build an AI-powered plug-in, called “Ask-A-Question”, for a national maternal & childcare helpline.

14 November 2022

Measuring Zipline’s Impact on Health Access, Availability, and Supply Chain in Ghana

A quasi-experimental impact evaluation using a matching design to assess the impact of Zipline's drone delivery to 2,000 health facilities in Ghana.

6 June 2022

5 steps to constructing a composite data quality index to assess overall surveyor performance

11 November 2021

Using algorithms to match eligible people to social benefits in India

IDinsight is working with Indus Action to build an outreach system that connects people in India with government welfare schemes.

29 September 2021

Matching eligible people to social welfare programs in India

This report discusses major components of the outreach system built with Indus Action that connects people in India with government welfare schemes.

29 September 2021

Pt 2: Should you build or buy your new monitoring system?

Tips to help you decide whether you should work with a vendor to create a customized monitoring system or buy one off-the-shelf.

23 February 2021

What are we reading? Technology innovations for social good.

This week’s articles explore some of the technological innovations making their way in the development and humanitarian sector.

10 June 2019

Using digital maps to collect high-quality data in rural Zambia

20 May 2019

Four tips on using machine learning for social good

The piece summarized below was originally published at Stanford Social Innovation Review.

14 May 2019