Real-time information was immediately available
Staff resources had immediate access to all crisis data via their cell phones and laptops. This is especially important in the field, where life and death decisions are made.
By modernizing our approach to first response through analytics, we were able to understand what the country’s production capacities and inventories are, and work on that very complicated equation of identifying the best way to assist people without creating dependency.
Brian Kelly, IOM Regional Emergency and Post-Crisis Advisor