by Abriel | Jun 16, 2018 | 2018, Impact Journalism Day, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
An interface called Hope is saving lives by offering a solution to blood shortages in Senegal. “Hope is a Web-based and mobile digital platform that allows blood banks and other healthcare facilities to manage blood stocks and to communicate interactively at any...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
A London-based conservation group Blue Ventures successfully demonstrated the positive effects of sustainable fishing in Madagascar, building hundreds of marine protect areas. Typically, marine protected areas (MPAs) are imposed upon fishing communities without...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
The structure of Russia’s public care systems leave many young adults with no skills and socially isolated. Many tend to have very low motivation for finding a job, and ends up living on social welfare. Every year in Russia, some 10,000 to 15,000 young people leave...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Two thirds of the global population still don’t have access to X-ray machines. To address this global health problem, Pristem wants to bring a robust and inexpensive X-ray machine to global south hospitals. In the global south, hospitals frequently face disruptive...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Indonesia has one of the highest rates of blindness in the world, with cataracts accounting for more than 50 per cent of the cases, according to the Health Ministry website. Even though the procedure is the cheapest of three common techniques used by surgeons all over...
by Abriel | Jun 24, 2017 | 2017, Impact Journalism Day
Ida Karpinska, head of the Kwiat Kobiecosci was only able to fully recover from the tumour because it was detected early enough through regular cervical screening. Unfortunately, the majority of women in Poland skip these prophylactic tests, and when Ida realized this...
