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One out of every six people in the world – or 1 billion people – has a disability. Between 785 and 975 million of them are estimated to be of working age, but most do not work, according to the International Labour Union. Qualcomm ...
Resources - 02/29/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Wellness
Hearing a homeless woman on the street crying that she'd never feel clean again was the inspiration for a nonprofit that takes retired public transit buses and converts them into traveling hygiene units for the homeless. This video explains how the...
Resources - 02/26/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Wellness
Over 60% of infant deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. Accurate fetal heart rate monitoring is hard to come by in that part of the world. Two University students from Uganda are developing WinSenga, a portable, mobile and affordable fetal...
Resources - 02/26/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Wellness
About 40% of the world’s population depend on traditional cookstoves that burn firewood, cow dung and crop residues. Inhaling that smoke and soot leads to about four million deaths a year. Read in the case study linked below from Qualcomm Wireless...
Resources - 02/24/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Wellness