Dr. Paul Farmer on Rwanda's Health Leap, Haiti's Struggles & How Communities Can Repair the World
Source: Democracy Now
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2013-05-14 07:56:46 -0700 | technology-news
This is viewer supported news Dr. Paul Farmer, an infectious diseases expert and a medical anthropologist, is known worldwide for helping to bring quality healthcare to some of the most impoverished areas of the globe. More than 25 years ago,...
Crisis Maps: Harnessing the Power of Big Data to Deliver Humanitarian Assistance
Source: Forbes
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2013-05-02 06:33:26 -0700 | technology-news
Accelerating entrepreneurial approaches and innovative solutions...He is currently Director of Social Innovation at the Qatar Computing Research Institute. Crisis-mapping technology has emerged in the past five years as a tool to help humanitarian organizations deliver assistance to victims...
Global Interoperability Consortium's Cloud Computing Project Detailed at NATO Conference
Source: PR Newswire
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2013-04-30 11:40:12 -0700 | technology-news
Network Enabled Capability conference held in , April 23-25 . "From an operational perspective, there is an insatiable appetite for overhead imagery to build situational awareness. Currently, platforms keep growing to collect and disseminate the necessary information.
How Apple Accidentally Revolutionized Health Care
Source: The Motley Fool
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2013-04-27 16:39:55 -0700 | technology-news
Apples and doctors It used to be said that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. That could still be applicable, but the opposite is true for doctors and Apple...A study by Manhattan Research in 2011 found that 75%...
Do You 'Like' Game Of Thrones Or SoulCycle? New Study Links Facebook Activity To Obesity
Source: Forbes
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2013-04-26 13:55:32 -0700 | technology-news
Mark Zuckerberg provided data to researchers on the correlation between Facebook 'likes' and obesity. account for years, selling your likes' for targeted advertising. Rejoice, then, with news that your online activity is being used to track and help prevent a...
Civics 101
Source: Austin Chronicle
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2013-04-17 22:21:04 -0700 | technology-news
Ambassador to Mexico discusses trade, migration, and the Republican Party's efforts to reach out to Hispanic voters...Trinity Center celebrates the life of Barbara Jordan in their annual fundraiser...Education experts Florence Shapiro, Scott Hochberg, David Thompson and Kent Grusendorf lead...
Landmark MIT-Haiti Initiative Will Transform Education In Haiti
Source: PR Newswire
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2013-04-17 18:00:28 -0700 | technology-news
The MIT-Haiti Initiative consists of a total of $1,310,811 , including $1 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation and donations from the faculty and staff at MIT and . It exemplifies the new investment-driven approach to nation-building embraced by...
Universities Get Middling Grades in Helping Poor
Source: NY Times
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2013-04-08 13:09:40 -0700 | technology-news
The top grade, an A minus, went to the University of British Columbia. Various B's were earned by Case Western Reserve, Johns Hopkins, the University of California, Irvine, Harvard and Emory. Beyond that, none of the 54 universities graded earned...
Haiti leader discharged from Miami hospital
Source: Taiwan News
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2012-06-19 14:31:03 -0700 | political-news
Haiti's government says that President Michel Martelly has been discharged from a Miami hospital following treatment for a blood clot found in his lung. Officials have not revealed the name of the hospital that he checked into after flying to...
Jamaica phone company Digicel buys rival in Haiti
Source: The Age
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2012-06-03 00:44:04 -0700 | business-news
The Jamaica-based private group says in a Monday news release that it's purchased Voila from its parent company, U.S.-based Trilogy International Partners, for an undisclosed amount. Under the Friday deal, the two companies will continue to run separately.
Jim Yong Kim - a president of the World Bank who can only be good news for global health
Source: The Guardian
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2012-05-26 10:25:08 -0700 | political-news
Dartmouth College Jim Yong Kim , nominated by President Obama to be the next president of the World Bank , may be something of an unknown quantity to many who heard the announcement, but I'm guessing that most people who...
Disease Sleuths Surf For Outbreaks Online
Source: National Public Radio
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2012-04-24 20:57:43 -0700 | political-news
NPR Stories "It seems like a stretch, but what we found amazingly is that there's a really high correlation between these searches in the community and what we're seeing in hospitals," says Richard Rothman , the study's co-author...One weakness of...
Global Update: Cellphone Signals Help Track Refugees More Effectively, Study Says
Source: Newyork Times
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2011-11-06 17:44:39 -0800 | political-news
Cellphone Tracking Helps Groups Set Up More Effective Aid Distribution, Study Says Hector Retamal/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Published: September 5, 2011 Populations on the run during disasters can be tracked by cellphone signals, which could help guide life-saving aid to the...
Haiti braces for Tropical Storm Emily (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2011-10-05 12:57:12 -0700 | green-news
As Tropical Storm Emily approaches Haiti, World Vision is deeply concerned for vulnerable families still living in temporary camps as a result of last year's earthquake. Port au Prince don't have adequate shelter and are living in areas with poor...
Casino warns Carrefour Brazil deal will fail without its approval
Source: The Globe & Mail
Carrefour :: Haiti | updated 2011-09-04 15:32:39 -0700 | political-news
France's Casino warned archrival Carrefour SA on Monday that any merger between its Brazil unit and the country's biggest retailer Grupo Pao de Acucar would not go ahead without its agreement. The French groups, both massive brand names at home,...
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