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New webinar showcases how geospatial data reaches zero-dose children in remote regions

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next Last week, the DHIS2 community broadcast a significant webinar detailing how high-resolution WorldPop population data has been integrated into the DHIS2 platform. This digital integration is transforming how life-saving vaccines are delivered in low- and middle-income countries. With WorldPop’s 100m population grid cells now integrated in […]

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New geospatial method transforms how refugee populations are counted and surveyed 

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next WorldPop researchers have developed a faster, more accurate way to build national survey frameworks that better represent displaced populations, which is addressing a long-standing gap in humanitarian data. The study introduces a geospatial approach that enables governments and international organisations to identify and include refugees in

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WorldPop researchers improve mapping accuracy for rare habitats

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Take Our Survey and Help Shape What Comes Next Researchers at WorldPop have pioneered a new mathematical model that significantly improves the accuracy of geospatial mapping for rare and endangered habitats.  The study, published in the International Journal of Geographical Information Science, introduces the Entropogram-based Random Field (ERF) model. This tool addresses a critical gap in environmental monitoring: the

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The WorldPop research programme, based in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Southampton, is a multi-sectoral team of researchers, technicians and project specialists that produces data on population distributions and characteristics at high spatial resolution.

Initiated in October 2013 to combine The AfriPop Project, AsiaPop and AmeriPop projects, we have a diverse portfolio of projects, including large multi-million-pound collaborative projects with partner organisations, commercial data providers and international development organisations.

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