Tech & Innovations

Active screening for sleeping sickness in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo credit: FIND/Ndung’u 2018

Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Lesson in Elimination?

A child watches videos on a mobile device in Burhanpur, India. © 2019 Danish Mansuri, Image Courtesy of Photoshare

The New Norm of “Constancy” and Global Public Health

Attendees at a Women Deliver Power Stage event

Women Deliver 2019: Power, Progress and Change

Members of the NCDFREE youth

We’re the Bold, Innovative NCD Solution You’re Looking For

Cape Town residents fill their water jugs at the Highlands Spring in February 2018.

How Cape Town Defeated Day Zero—for Now

Blockchain technology could bring much-needed transparency and data traceability to the opioid prescription system. Image: Getty Images

A Blockchain Solution to the Opioid Crisis

Céline Mabot Yobo collects a drop of blood from a young girl for immunological analysis.

To Vex the Vectors, Look Beyond Vaccines

graphic illustration - face composed of data points

Disruptive Technologies: Keeping an AI on Disease Surveillance

An Audacious Idea: Reinventing Education for Community Health Workers in the Digital Age

Jordan Levy, Chief External Relations Officer, Ubuntu Pathways speaking at the Unite for Sight 15th Global Health & Innovation Conference, April 14-15, 2018

Focus on Lives Transformed, Trust Those Closest to the Problem, and Restricted Funding Is “Bad Tequila"

A DNA sculpture in deCODE Genetics Reykjavik headquarters. The company says it has all the information needed to accurately identify almost every single BRCA mutation carrier in Iceland.

The Right Not to Know: When Ignorance is Bliss but Deadly

An IBM Health Corps team member (right) evaluating the manual data collection process of a Panama Health Department field worker as she interacts with citizens.

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