Pandemic/Asia/Africa – How Asia and Africa are finding innovative ways to plug the COVID-19 health gaps (WEF)

A nurse links a pregnant woman up to a doctor at a Sehat Kahani clinic in Pakistan.

Image: Thomson Reuters Foundation/Handout by Sehat Kahani

  • Innovative solutions have been developed across Africa and Asia to deal with the increasing demand for health workers and services due to COVID-19.
  • These include the use of drones, solar-powered freezers and utilizing Pakistan’s unemployed doctors.
  • In a pandemic, these solutions can be the deciding factor between effectively managing the virus and not.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/05/asian-african-entrepreneurs-covid19-health-gaps-tech-solutions/

 

Marco Emanuele
Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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