Mickey Rafa

#rstats user & #dataviz enthusiast. WVU Mountaineer forever.

[Pardee Center for IFs @PardeeCenterIFs]

Interested in the work of the Pardee Center? Check out our Annual Review!

Highlights include publications with @SDGintegration, @UNDPYemen
@NEPAD_Agency, @JPR_journal, @WorldDevJournal, and more!

We are also grateful for our home @josefkorbel 😁

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[UN Development @UNDP]

By 2021, for every 100 men aged 25 to 34 living in extreme poverty, there will be 118 women living in extreme poverty. Our new data with @UN_Women, carried out by @PardeeCenterIFs, reveals the impact of the pandemic on women & global poverty.
https://t.co/8Tu2jSiVji

[Pardee Center for IFs @PardeeCenterIFs]

War in #Yemen is setting back human development by decades. Today @moyerjonathan presents our latest findings on the impact of conflict in the country with @UNDPYemen. The only way to put Yemen back on track is to end the war. #YemenCantWait

[Mickey Rafa @mickey_rafa]

@SteveHedden @Medium @IMDb Awesome, buddy! 8D

[Mickey Rafa @mickey_rafa]

@NateApathy Beautiful! Looks great, buddy. I need to learn how to do these legends!

[Jonathan D Moyer @moyerjonathan]

This is a big deal for those working on regional integration and development in Africa: the official launch of the African Union Development Agency! Congratulations to all involved!

@NEPAD_Mayaki @Martin_bwalya @dkbohl

[WVU Mountaineers · Let’s Go! @WestVirginiaU]

🚨 FREE T-SHIRT ALERT! 🚨 We're giving away our official 2019 WVU Fan Shirt! Retweet to win! 🤗

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Outside the Oval Office, I kept a painting of a small crowd huddled around a pocketwatch, waiting for the moment the Emancipation Proclamation took effect. On Juneteenth, we celebrate the anniversary of that news - freedom - reaching slaves in Texas. And something more:

[Jonathan D Moyer @moyerjonathan]

We used an estimate of 102k direct fatalities between beginning of 2015 through the end of 2019 in our recent study of the impacts of conflict on development.

In 2019 this conflict causes one child death every 12 minutes.

New research out mid-July...

[Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) @IHME_UW]

In 2016, a total of $4.3 billion was spent globally on malaria; still, spending fell short of the annual funding target set by WHO to control or eliminate malaria by 2020. https://t.co/TLMXxjkO6e

[Mickey Rafa @mickey_rafa]

Hollywood is quietly using AI to help decide which movies to make https://t.co/bkL8xHKTaF via @Verge

[Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) @IHME_UW]

Though many countries in sub-Saharan Africa saw decreases in HIV prevalence rates, there was an increase of 3 million people living with HIV between 2000 and 2017. Learn more about mapping HIV prevalence: https://t.co/TOMy1KCpbK

[RANE @RANEnetwork]

#Russia's decision in the Republic of the #Congo is the latest in a series of #military deployments to #Africa, as it has already expanded its military cooperation with the Central African Republic, Sudan and Zimbabwe, among others. https://t.co/tFBysOiruc

[Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) @IHME_UW]

From our recent study in @Nature, 36 out of 47 countries in sub-Saharan #Africa saw a two-fold or greater difference in #HIV prevalence within second-level administrative units in 2017. Learn more about mapping HIV: https://t.co/TOMy1KCpbK

[Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) @IHME_UW]

Despite the rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) since 2000, HIV/AIDS is still the most common cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa. Learn more about HIV prevalence in our latest study: https://t.co/TOMy1KU03i

[Jonathan D Moyer @moyerjonathan]

Listen to my discussion with @cprwarner today exploring @PardeeCenterIFs research on the impact of conflict in Yemen on human development.

Starts around minute 12. @dkbohl @MapesBrendan

https://t.co/URjHnzRjT1

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

This year, there will be more people over 65 than under five for the first time in human history https://t.co/YC18uqAr0z

[WHO African Region @WHOAFRO]

Did you know? #Africa accounts for the lowest number of registered vehicles worldwide and yet the region has the highest rate of road traffic deaths. For more data visualizations, check out @WHO's interactive portal on #RoadSafety: https://t.co/X6jkPWeNz4

[Mickey Rafa @mickey_rafa]

Think of a Number by David Britland https://t.co/8dJSI0r8Qx

[Mickey Rafa @mickey_rafa]

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