Mapping Cholera in Bangladesh

Dear Friends, Family, and Supporters,  As the summer of 2013 approaches, the Village Zero Project is one year past our first phase of data collection in Matlab, Bangladesh. In one year, we have moved from being data analysists to being informed actors. The data  collected last year has become compelling...

Our Mission: V0P seeks to track the spread of endemic cholera in Bangladesh via static and dynamic “ghost-mapping”: the mapping of an endemic disease that is unseen and unheard, but is a chronic threat to livelihood. Static ghost-mapping uses existing health and climatic data to retrospectively map cholera....

Since the completion of our trip during the summer we have each been very busy working back in Boston on the data we collected. Due to the generosity of the ICDDR,B, we have a lot to work through to help us to prepare for the next stages of the project.Currently we are working on analyzing data on cholera spread in the...

This summer has been very important for the Village Zero Project (V0P). We started off with a one-month trip to Bangladesh to collect data and lay a solid foundation for future implementation of our project. We spent the majority of our time in Dhaka, where we met with potential partners and colleagues at the International...