Topic: World Health Organization

Net Profit

What does it take to make a better bed net? It's no small matter: Bed nets are a critical defense against malaria, which each year kills 1 million people and makes another 300 million ill in developing regions. The solution, it turns out, is no small matter either.READ»

Why Vaccine Makers Can't Keep Up with the H1N1 Virus

There isn't enough H1N1 vaccine to go around, which is why President Barack Obama declared the outbreak a national emergency over the weekend. Why can't we produce H1N1 vaccines fast enough? Because of chicken eggs.READ»

Books On Health

Health has been the major concern of a person. There is a well known proverb “Health is Wealth”. After the making of World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948, health was generally identified as being “a state of complete ...READ»

Healthcare Reform - The Uninsured and Problems Facing the U.S. Healthcare System

The current reform package won't fix our Healthcare system because it doesn't actually address the problems. Understand the facts and stats regarding the uninsured and how we might actually insure every american without disrupting the U.S. economic system, and without spending Billions of dollarsREAD»

Miracle Microbes

Innovation: Synthetic malaria cure Available: 2009 In the labs of Amyris Biotechnologies, scientists are transferring genes from microbe to microbe. This molecular manipulation is the basis of synthetic biology, which ...READ»

MDR-TB: A Healthcare Crisis of Our Own Design

What happens when innovation meets with the messy reality of domains like public health?READ»

Where is Swine Flu? [Google Map Mashup]

Outbreaks of swine flu have been identified in Mexico, the United States and Europe, according to the World Health Organization. The super-virus--an amalgamation of strains that circulate in pigs, humans and birds--is known as H1N1, ...READ»

Another Good Reason to Work From Home...

If you’re one of the four million people who ride New York City’s subway system everyday, you know how awful a train sounds as it comes screeching to a halt in the station. But, you may not know that it’s ruining your ...READ»

DataDyne: EpiSurveyor

Founders: Rose Donna & Joel SelanikioREAD»

DataDyne: EpiSurveyor

Founders: Rose Donna & Joel SelanikioREAD»

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Extreme Social Capitalism: By-Donation makes a difference everytime

I have a vision. I desire to make a difference in the world. For the greater good of us all, I want to hijack the capitalist system and turn it on its head! I want to publicly and purposefully embrace and share how we can all thrive ...READ»

How To Build Resilience in Turbulent Times

In the 2007 World Health Statistics Report, the World Health Organization identified depression as one of the most significant global public health problems. World wide events such as recession, the effects of climate change, and terrorism events and alerts have increased the general level of anxiety throughout the world. Employers and managers face, on a daily basis, bad news and its psychological impact on employees.Being resilient, having the capacity to endure difficult times and bounce back in a healthy state, is now critical to success in life and work.READ»

Feed the Models: A Manifesto

For the past 20 years, emaciated models have fueled the fashion industry as the standard for sex appeal and style. It all started with Twiggy in the 1960's, a skinny little pixie of an icon whose cute nonexistant thighs inspired my ...READ»

Larry Brilliant

Executive director of Google.orgREAD»

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The Olympics: Green or Brown?

Beijing's pollution isn't a secret. But as part of its bid to secure the Olympic contract, the world's 13th filthiest city (according to a World Bank study) embarked on a massive cleanup to improve air quality, sanitize drinking water and purify the rivers in time for the games, which began on Thursday. New sports stadiums were built with solar power and other energy-saving technologies, while new public transit systems were introduced to the streets. But can Beijing really claim this summer's games are green?READ»

• Are Beijing's Olympics Really Green?
• The Power of Green

Health and the Profit Motive

Victoria Hale creates the country's first nonprofit pharmaceutical company.READ»

A More Powerful Path

Changing the way we think about change--and bringing business into the act.READ»

Nano-Sleuths

Authentix's technology spots fake fuel and drugs--and could help millions of poor people.READ»

The Next Big Things?

Introducing the Quadkey Keyboard, self-adjusting glasses, and Quicktionary -- three leading contenders in Saatchi Saatchi's Innovation in Communication Awards.READ»

Can CEOs Cure Cancer?

Big Pharma execs may not know more about the disease than the rest of us, but a group of them are using their power to fight it.READ»

Tracking H1N1 in (Near) Real Time

In July, the World Health Organization threw its hands up, declared H1N1 the fastest spreading pandemic ever, and said tracking individual cases was hopeless. But that hasn't stopped Google and, now, GE Healthcare from trying. ...READ»

Please Don't Forward This Email!

The story of an accidental Web celebrity.READ»

Please Don't Forward This Email

Phillip Harter hit the "forward" button on his email program and became an accidental celebrity.READ»

GM Agriculture Pros and Cons

According to “Bio: Biotechnology Industry Organization,” only 10% of the world’s land is arable.  They also state that by 2050, 50% of that land will be used for other purposes and the global population will have increased by ...READ»

Special Report: China Storms Africa

With its resource-hungry push into the sub-Sahara, Beijing puts the planet to the test.READ»