Producing time series for country-level childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality

Producing time series for country-level childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality

In 2022, the Observatory partnered with the Data for Children Collaborative in an impact collaboration process to investigate how we can best produce a time series of childhood wasting estimates that account for seasonality, survey timings and climate impacts. Here,...
Jameel Observatory seeks PhD proposals for research on food security early action

Jameel Observatory seeks PhD proposals for research on food security early action

The Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action seeks proposals for two fully funded PhD positions at the University of Edinburgh. To help advance progress towards its vision that ‘vulnerable pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in East Africa are more...
Jameel Observatory small project support to University of Edinburgh staff for research on food security early action

Jameel Observatory small project support to University of Edinburgh staff for research on food security early action

To deepen engagement and bring in new skill sets from across the University of Edinburgh, the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action seeks proposals from University of Edinburgh staff to support ot undertake action research on its key themes. The Jameel...
Early action gets aid to communities before the vultures arrive

Early action gets aid to communities before the vultures arrive

People in drylands sometimes associate humanitarian aid workers with vultures – noticing that they arrive around the same time when animals have already died and the response is too late. A more promising approach is to anticipate droughts and other shocks,...