Published in Forbes on October 13, 2011. Read the article here or below. Last Tuesday, researchers announced that an experimental malaria vaccine called RTS,S may help reduce the risk of malaria by half. The results – which are preliminary, as the researchers have only analyzed 40% of the study’s 15,000 participants so far – are [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Innovation’
Making vaccines cost-effective: Money is only part of the solution
Posted in Public health, Published articles, tagged Innovation, Malaria, Pharmaceutical companies, Public health, Vaccines on October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pee for free mobile minutes!
Posted in Public health, tagged Economist, Innovation, International development, MIT, Public health, Tuberculosis, XoutTB on April 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I love free stuff. Who doesn’t? Even if I know I’m never gonna wear that XXL fluorescent green t-shirt, I’ll still take it. And if it’s something I actually can use (free iPod, anyone?)… well, all the better. I may even do something slightly uncharacteristic — say, sing in public — if the reward is [...]
