OPEN DATA: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITYTracking the Ebola Virus

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim

Cross Border Trade has Stopped

How Far Ebola has Spread in 6 Months

How Does Open Data Help?• Accurate near-real time data from the ground• Clean data and more granular data leads to better

analytics• Better analytics leads to more accurate forecasts• World Bank can better direct resources based on

forecasts

Liberia Asks UNC For Help With Ebola Outbreak

The Liberian Government asked researchers at the UNC to develop a tool to visualize the Ebola outbreak in the country.

Cumulative Deaths in Liberia

We Need Better Data

The University Approach

Done from an academic perspective

• Objective• Problem• Solution

Open Data Approach• Data must have high re-use capability• Data must have a certificate and conform to any metadata

standards around health data• Data must conform to the open definition standard• Data visualizations are not enough• Data QA and governance must be part of the project• Explorations on ETL operations not involving humans

How does this increase Azure Consumption

• BaleFire Global only works with Azure friendly platforms.• OpenDataSoft as a partner of BaleFire Global is

committed to supporting advanced open data portal technologies to work with Azure.

• BaleFire Global has always promoted SaaS solutions over on-premise

BaleFire Global Partnerships• Open Government Partnership• The Open Data Institute• The World Bank• OpenDataSoft• Socrata

Thank you

Jason M. HareOpen Data Program ManagerBaleFire Global LLChttp://balefireglobal.com@jasonMHare