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Photograph by Douglas Sonders Josh Nesbit CEO, Cofounder, Medic Mobile Washington, D.C. Nesbit, 24, uses mobile phones and open-source software to bridge gaps in health care in low-resource settings. "AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE in Haiti, we had to use the technology that was in everyone's hands, the mobile phone, and the technology that would work with a very limited network, SMS.
Read More »Turning Satellite Images Into Disaster-Relief Efforts
Several academic institutions are teaming up in an effort organized by the U.S.
Read More »Not Just an Illness of the Rich: Tackling Cancer Globally (preview)
By 2020, 15 million people worldwide will have cancer and nine million of them will be living in developing countries, according to World Health Organization estimates. Harvard University physician and medical anthropologist Paul Farmer is determined to ensure that prediction doesn’t come true
Read More »Architecture for Humanity’s Cameron Sinclair to Announce Japan Reconstruction Plan From Stage at SXSW
"Canceling ALL SXSW parties to launch #SXSW4JP tomorrow." That was Cameron Sinclair's Saturday night announcement, via Twitter. He's expected to announce the details of Architecture for Humanity 's Sendai earthquake reconstruction plan Sunday afternoon from the stage during his South by Southwest keynote.
Read More »For Libya, UN Calls in the Google Maps Gurus
The United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has teamed up with a coalition of Google Maps-savvy computer security, journalism, NGO and humanitarian experts to find out exactly what's happening in Libya. The challenge: stopping the map from being used for military intelligence purposes.
Read More »Save the Yellow Pages
Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. We still need phone books! That's the rallying cry of some small-business owners in San Francisco, who are campaigning against the city's proposal to limit the distribution of those thick tomes that land with a thud on doorsteps each year
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