There has been a tremendous push to build scientific capacity in developing countries. Overall, scientific researchers around the world are beginning to discuss local issues, and great ideas are being formed to solve various challenges. However, one key metric of scientific capacity, Scientific Journals, are losing their influence in these countries. From a pure number […]
Traditionally global health is thought of as an approach taken in western countries like the US to create technologies to aid developing parts of the world. This may seem obvious at first because these western countries have the resources to make this happen. However, the start up JanaCare is flipping this approach and has the […]
It is estimated that almost 438,000 people died from Malaria in 2015. Most of this total is in Sub-Saharan Africa. There have been many approaches to solving this problem, but John Lewandowski, a PhD student in mechanical engineering at MIT believes quick diagnosis is critical. That is why he created the device called RAM (Rapid […]
It’s a practice we have gotten used to for so many years. In first world countries whenever an item isn’t of use, it is given away. People give used clothes, shoes, or even technology. There are always good intentions behind these actions, but do we ever stop to think about what aid we’re truly providing? […]