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StatShare with Hyunseung Kang, Assistant Professor of Statistics, UW-Madison

Optimal Allocation of Water and Sanitation Facilities To Prevent Communicable Diarrheal Diseases in Senegal Under Partial Interference

Event Details

Date
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Time
10:30-11:30 p.m.
Location
Description
For several decades, Senegal has faced inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities in households, contributing to persistent, high levels of communicable diarrheal diseases. Dr. Kang will discuss an optimal allocation rule combining advances in personalized medicine and partial interference in causal interference to help public health officials in Senegal decide how to distribute wash facilities based on block- and household-level characteristics.
Cost
Free

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