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GeoAI Surveying Workshop with the Survey Institute of Zimbabwe's Young Surveyors

PALs delivered a hands-on GeoAI and surveying skills workshop in partnership with the Survey Institute of Zimbabwe, facilitated by Prestige Tatenda Makanga, Zororo Chinwadzimba, Rutendo Sibanda, and Bongani Handsome Nyoni.

Early Career Researchers Spotlight at the 6th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting

Place Alert Labs celebrated Anotida Marrian Chapunza's work on the ETIQUET project, using semi-supervised learning to improve environmental exposure prediction in data-scarce settings.

Place Alert Labs at the DS-I Africa Health Datathon in Mombasa

Prestige Tatenda Makanga and Anotida Marrian Chapunza represented the lab in discussions on fair, context-aware artificial intelligence for African healthcare.

Environmental Epidemiology Short Course Completed in Harare

The three-day course strengthened practical skills in causal questions, distributed lag non-linear models, cohort designs, and combined heat and air-pollution exposure analysis.

NIH Webinar on Data Science Solutions to Extreme Heat

Prestige Tatenda Makanga joined an expert panel presenting HE²AT Centre results on data innovation, extreme heat, and health impacts across Africa.

From Climate-Health Data to Action at the World Health Summit

Prestige Tatenda Makanga chaired a Nairobi session on moving climate-health intelligence from data to practical action and resilient health systems.

Free Health Geography Courses Reach Learners in More Than 30 Countries

Two short courses co-developed with the University of Oxford, King's College London, and The Global Health Network are expanding access to practical health geography training.

Team Strategic Planning & Reflections Meeting in Kadoma

PALs closed out 2025 with a full-team strategic planning and reflections day at the Kadoma Rainbow Hotel on 19 December 2025 — reviewing the year's work and sharpening priorities for 2026.