Global Health x Technology

UCLA researchers combat global disease with a cell phone, Google Maps and a lot of ingenuity
/ May 2, 2012 3:04 am

UCLA researchers combat global disease with a cell phone, Google Maps and a lot of ingenuity

In the fight against emerging public health threats, early diagnosis of infectious diseases is crucial. And in poor and remote areas of the globe where conventional medical tools like microscopes and cytometers are unavailable, rapid diagnostic tests, or RDTs, are helping to make disease screening quicker and simpler. RDTs are generally small strips on which blood or fluid samples are

Norway Commits $9.9 Million to Maternal and Newborn Health
/ March 5, 2012 6:55 pm

Norway Commits $9.9 Million to Maternal and Newborn Health

Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) March 05, 2012 As International Women’s Day approaches, the mHealth Alliance announces that the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) has made a US$9.9 million commitment to support the use of innovative mobile technologies to improve women and children’s health. This generous commitment supports the mHealth Alliance’s management of the Innovation Working Group (IWG)’s catalytic grant competitions

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