Health Data: Preparing for the next global pandemic
The ONS led the way informing the UK response to the Coronavirus pandemic, but looking beyond our shores, how well…
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Facts and figures are coming at us fast every day, but ‘what’ or ‘who’ to trust: mainstream media, public figures and national institutions, or those random strangers in our social media feeds? In the latest episode of Statistically Speaking we focus on the use of data in public discussion and debate.
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Global issues, such as climate change, population growth and inflation to name a few, are best understood with the benefit of good global statistics. So, to that end, the ONS works in partnership with a number of countries worldwide with the ultimate aim of raising the world’s statistical capabilities.
In the latest episode of Statistically Speaking, podcast host Miles Fletcher chats to the head of the Ghanaian Statistical Service, Professor Samuel Annim; Emily Poskett, Head of International Development at the ONS; and Tim Harris of the ONS Data Science Campus’s international development team, about what international partnerships are achieving.
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Social surveys offer immense and uniquely valuable insights into the lives of people up and down the country, and those…
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Population and migration statistics underpin decisions and policies right across our society and economy, at national and local levels, as…
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