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