cHeatmap: Compras durante la pandemia
During the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple media outlets reported corruption scandals linked to public procurement in health. However, that information was dispersed among news, access to information requests, procurement records, and incomplete or absent responses from governments, making a more integrated view of the problem difficult.
We mapped sources of information from media outlets reporting corruption cases during the pandemic and a tool was built that allows for reviewing news, public procurement, access to information requests on health acquisitions, and government denials or silences in the face of those requests. The platform converted a fragmented set of evidence into a clearer query and follow-up experience.
We converted dispersed information about corruption in health during the pandemic into a clearer tool to monitor cases, follow evidence, and support research.
The tool made the relationship between journalistic reports, public procurement, and access to information barriers during a global crisis more visible, strengthening the capacity for follow-up on health corruption.