Using NASA data to fight vector-borne disease where it starts
SERVIR Applied Sciences Team members Pietro Ceccato and Erika Podest are proving that space is a good vantage point for fighting deadly diseases.
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SERVIR Applied Sciences Team members Pietro Ceccato and Erika Podest are proving that space is a good vantage point for fighting deadly diseases.
The International Space Apps Challenge hackathon was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, 23 to 24 April 2016. The event was hosted and co-organized by the SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya program.
With a growing population, increased demand for agricultural land and fuel wood are depleting Africa's forests.
Team members of the NASA/USAID SERVIR program converged in Huntsville, Alabama, for a special workshop 18-22 April 2016.
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), hosting the Kathmandu-based SERVIR Hub for the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, has released a new publication summarizing key findings about induced geohazards due to the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal.
The Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) in Nairobi and its partner organization, SERVIR-Eastern and Southern Africa, hosted two-day stakeholders’ and consultations workshops from 23-31 May 2016 in Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania, respectively.
Through SERVIR, NASA's Earth Science Division's Applied Sciences Program advances the use of space-based observations to inform policy and decision makers as they adapt to the impacts of global change and plan for a sustainable future.
SERVIR team members from the SERVIR-Eastern & Southern Africa hub in Nairobi, Kenya, and the SERVIR Science Coordination Office in Huntsville, AL, converged in San Diego, CA, 27 June-1 July 2016 for the Esri International Users Conference.
On July 14, 2016, NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched SERVIR-West Africa, a joint project to strengthen environmental monitoring in West Africa.
Sixteen scientists from across the country converged at the SERVIR Coordination Office (SCO) in Huntsville, Alabama, last week for three days of intensive discussions. These members of the newly chosen SERVIR Applied Sciences Team are kicking off new projects in SERVIR hub regions