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How to Use Technology Ethically to Increase Access to Mental Healthcare
A new report created by the
World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Neurotechnologies, Empowering
8 Billion Minds: Enabling Better Mental Health for All via the...
Additional considerations on the Huawei 5G issue
In principle,
excluding Huawei's 5G from the US networks certainly does not make them safer.
The logic for the operation of the 5G network
is such that...
Urgent action needed to address growing opioid crisis
Governments should treat the opioid
epidemic as a public health crisis and improve treatment, care and support for
people misusing opioids. Overdose deaths continue to rise,...
Some Die But Live, Some Live But Die
Shimon Peres, the founder and former prime
minister of Israel, has a famous book, “No Room for Small Dreams”. To explain
this rigorous topic in one...
Technology for Social Good in India
From using drones to plan water supply
schemes in hard-to-reach locations, to deploying satellite imagery for
enhancing land usage, or using mobile phones to track children’s...
USAID 58 years on: Perspective on Aid and Humanitarian Assistance in a Changing world
The year
2019 manifest a very significant milestone in the history of United States
Agency for International Development (USAID) on its 58th anniversary. Way back
in 196Os...
Dangerous Plastics Are a Threat to Us and Future Generations
Every day people make decisions about what to eat, sometimes opting for
colorful fruits and veggies, sometimes finding the smell of bacon irresistible.
At the end...
More than half the global population lacks health care and social security
More than
half of the world’s population lacks access to essential health care and just
29 per cent have comprehensive social security coverage, according to a...
District energy: A secret weapon for climate action and human health
If you’re sweltering in Delhi or shivering in Detroit
and want affordable, environmentally friendly cooling or heating, district
energy may be your best bet.
A district...
Seize the opportunities of digital technology to improve well-being but also address the risks
Digital technology can improve our lives but it
also poses a major risk of widening social inequality and blocking
opportunities for people without the skills to...