openjmp

Open JMP - unlocking the potential of global indicator data

Project start: 2023-01-05
Project duration: 12 months
Project lead: Global Health Engineering
Supported by: Open Research Data Program of the ETH Board
Funding: 30,000 CHF

Decades of manual data structuring have resulted in the most comprehensive and internationally-comparable information on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) coverage. The databases are maintained by the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) and data are shared in spreadsheet-based proprietary software. This system under utilizes the potential that data could have for other purposes than the national, regional and global monitoring of progress in WASH mandated to the JMP.

The project has three Work Packages, which can be summarised as follows.

WP1: Document and publish R data package jmpinput

Goal: Make JMP input data readily accessible for researchers and practitioners.
Main output: An R data package with detailed documentation, metadata, codebooks, and a public website.
Activities: Write documentation, prepare use cases as vignettes, publish data and documentation as an R package, and create a public website.

WP2: Prepare and document R software Package jmpmodel

Goal: Develop open-source software for transparent documentation of modeling activities for primary indicators.
Main output: An R software package with complete documentation and a public website.
Activities: Collaborate with the JMP team to replicate the production of basic indicators, prepare R functions for data manipulation, modeling, and visualization, write documentation, and publish R functions as a software package.

WP3: Dissemination

Goal: Seek active collaboration on package development to increase potential usage and long-term maintenance of data and software packages.
Main output: Increased community engagement and dissemination of developed products.
Activities: Continuously update JMP team on progress, host two public participatory live coding online workshops to showcase developed R packages from WP1 and WP2.

Read the full funded proposal, including Project Plan and Work Packages here: external page https://github.com/openwashdata/proposal-eth-ord-scheme-contribute/blob/main/proposal-eth-ord-scheme-contribute.md