Open Knowledge Foundation is an important promoter of open knowledge, data and content. I think it's time to show some appreciation by highlighting some of their initiatives.
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) embarked on a project to improve the availability of and access to evidence on inequalities in health system performance, including quality of care and the structural determinants of these inequalities. The project’s initial focus was on countries in the European Union. The aim was to take into account the geographical nature [...]
Berlin based designer and programmer Christopher Warnow had a closer look at the interest graph between people reading the same books.
Background The East Riding Observatory is an online resource that provides easy access to population, economic, community safety, health and education data for local authorities, partner agencies and communities across the East Riding of Yorkshire. The East Riding Data Observatory is a member of the Humber Data Observatory Group. Other Observatories in this group are: [...]
Background The National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) is a UK-wide initiative, working to drive improvements in standards of care and clinical outcomes by improving data and information collected about cancer patients, producing analyses and enabling and promoting research. We spoke to Trish Watts at the NCIN who, along with colleague Steve Davies, has been involved [...]
Background The Roanoke Council of Community Services was set up in 1960 to aid the planning of community services in Roanoke Valley. Its vision is to establish a community where organizations are able to work collaboratively to increase social wealth, provide greater access to resources, reduce redundancy and focus on human potential as the drivers [...]