**Purpose, Research Methodology & Limitations ** The purpose of our research is to explore the doughnut model of economics in its relation to humanitarian crises and technology, especially as the...
Imagine a woman in a remote setting needing to return to the nearest health facility for follow-up treatment receiving a reminder on her mobile phone or a patient needing the next prescription of her...
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INTRODUCTION In total more than 870,000 Rohingya refugees currently reside in 34 camps formally designated by the Government of Bangladesh in Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar District. The...
Background: Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) welcomes the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and the Medicines Patent...
CSIC offers serological test to C-TAP Geneva, 23 November 2021 – WHO’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) today finalized a licensing agreement with the...
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General Objective To assess the scale and drivers of Assistive Technology (AT) needs in the Rohingya refugee population, in order to: Inform the global understanding of AT needs by providing...
*MSF also calls upon US President Biden to use all government powers to force this technology transfer * Geneva/New York, 4 November 2021 --- Following the release of US pharmaceutical company...
Child marriage and child labour are two major threats affecting the lives of girl children in Bangladesh. As both child marriage and child labour are driven by poverty and usually force girls to drop...
The baseline report benchmarks Knowledge, Attitudes & Practices among the cooks of India’s school meals programme in Varanasi and Dhenkenal on matters of Food safety, Hygiene, and their comfort with...
Awka, 17 September, 2020 - Anambra State Governor Chief Willie Obiano has launched first Mobile Technology Health Insurance Platform (MTHIP) and Data Operations Centre (DOC) in Nigeria with funding...
Brazzaville--- The World Health Organization (WHO), a South African consortium and partners from COVAX, are working to set-up a technology transfer hub for mRNA vaccines in South Africa to help boost...
Commodifying Life-Saving Medical Products Undermines Global Health Response (New York) – Wealthy governments and pharmaceutical companies are undermining a rapid and equitable public health response...
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This booklet includes 14 best practices on the application of technology for reducing disaster risks from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea in which the experience, impacts and results, lessons...
Using new technology, rescue crews can determine the precise location of people who need immediate help much more quickly, improving response time Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast, 2 August 2021 — The United...
Osama Ummer, Kerry Scott, Diwakar Mohan, Arpita Chakraborty, Amnesty Elizabeth LeFevre Summary box The COVID-19 pandemic’s unprecedented global spread and impact has accelerated interest in digital...
MFANGANO ISLAND, Kenya – In her four years at Sena Health Centre, midwife Goretti Adhiambo has seen too many lives lost to complications in pregnancy and childbirth. “We provide all the basic...
INTRODUCTION Despite Asia’s dramatic economic progress since the 1960s, the region remains vulnerable to the threat of hazards turning into disasters. Continued exposure to a wide range of disaster...
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Kate Stegeman, Advocacy Coordinator, MSF Access Campaign in South Africa: “It’s good news that the first mRNA technology transfer hub will be set up on the African continent, which has been...
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Geneva/Johannesburg/Paris: The World Health Organization (WHO) and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium comprising Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a network of...
BioNTech’s long-term plan to develop COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing on African continent needs to be massively accelerated Berlin/Geneva, 21 June 2021 — On the eve of BioNTech’s annual shareholder...