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Sierra Leone: Using Technology to Save Lives
The telecommunications industry and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have teamed up to use mobile phone technology to save lives in Sierra Leone.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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New Dalhberg Study shows how the Internet will drive development in Africa
Despite widespread agreement on the web’s potential to transform lives and reduce poverty, there is little information about how policymakers and investors should capitalize on this potential.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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mHealth ‘could save a million African lives by 2017
Mobile health (mHealth) applications such as text messages could save more than a million lives in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years, according to a report.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New apps transforming remote parts of Africa
For generations, breeding cows in the rural highlands of Kenya has hinged on knowledge and experience passed down from parents to children. But Mercy Wanjiku is unlike most farmers. Her most powerful tool is her cell phone, and a text messaging service called iCow.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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New plan to ensure universal health care in Somalia
Every Somali citizen will have access to basic healthcare by 2016 if a new, government-led strategic plan achieves its aims.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A Plan to Chart Heart Risk in 1 Million Adults in Real Time
Researchers are launching a major study that will marshal the power of smartphones and other personal technologies in an effort to develop new strategies for preventing and managing heart disease.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- public health
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Deepa Gangwani: Fomenting Change for Indian Trash Collectors
A shocking incident involving her maid and a trash collector helped set Deepa Gangwani on her quest to help the poor communities near where she lived in India.
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- Technology
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- South Asia
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Mozambique turns to technology in battle against tuberculosis
New machine expected to cut TB diagnosis time dramatically, enabling speedier treatment in Maputo and beyond.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- public health
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