What could be a better start to @IDMOD_ORG Annual Symposium at @gatesfoundation than Mahatma Gandhi's quote - "What you do for me, without me, is against me."
Crux of all global health, all development agenda.
@blprnt talks about transition from Big Data to Large Models. Where is data coming from? Who truly owns it?
"Demographic Identifiable Information is more dangerous than personal identifiable information. It's the fuel in the tank of AI" - @nattyray11
How IBM subsidiary's data tools contributed to Holocaust execution.
@komminist discusses how AI models have changed everything from drug development for #NTDs to flood mapping. But models are commodities, the underlying tools matter more. How do we bring AI tools to health in LMICs? For India, I see 1, 2 & 5 as clear barriers.
@Jrvissoci @CatherineStato1 @GEMINI_Research @himanshuiyer374 @pushkarnim @asar_for_india Celebrating Global Surgery Day - a long 🧵
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In 2019, I took a methods elective at @DukeGHI taught by @Drs. Fitzgerald & Rice without knowing that it would change my life. Their course on global surgery was the perfect introduction for the interdisciplinary nature & collaborative spirit of the field.
The most shocking finding after 12 intense weeks of coursework, case studies, real-world consultations from folks around the world, etc. was that India had not compiled data on its surgical care indicators. Coming from India, it bugged me.
1. Minor point but that had to said & showed. In data visualization, axis truncation without a clear description is distorts perception. Differences appear larger than they are. We correct it here.
2. Major point in the issue of rural population overestimation is that there's no good way of saying how much overestimation is tolerable. Without a threshold, the discussion around this as a "data quality" issue has little meaning.
As much as I like celebrating small milestones & young folks (like me!) taking up roles, not sure if I feel positive about this. Unsure if people who do this 👇 1. understand what being a reviewer means. 2. Realise that it appears a CV padding move than anything else.
Also, how do journals select reviewers? As far as I can tell, this person is yet to graduate from a UG program, has no public track record of peer reviewed research publications. @IJSurgery what's your criteria for selecting reviewers? How do you vet them?
My point is not to call this person out. But as an upcoming LMIC researcher, I know a lot of BS that's around. It's happening more often than most folks admit. It presents a grave danger to the quality of peer reviewing, academic publishing & evidence generation in the long run.
We used sustained cost-effectiveness of Healthy Activity Program (HAP) and Counselling for Alcohol Problems (CAP) for national scale up estimations.
Here's how the annual scale up costs to health system & to the broader society look like under assumptions to cover unmet need or the total need based on prevalence---
One more attack in thousands others. The problem is systemic. So the solution has to be systemic. In last 2 years, I have been part of research, advocacy, high level meetings, everything to end violence against healthcare workers in #india. Resources 👇 #MedTwitter