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Blockchain Technology: Walmart’s Holy Grail of Food Supply Chain Management?
Walmart bets big on blockchain to improve its food supply chain management.
A Green Merchant of Death?
Long portrayed as a villain, Philip Morris International leads the way on climate change (and gets little credit for it).
Can a Smart Thermometer Stop the Spread of Contagious Illnesses?
In a world where we can instantly find the fastest route to the airport via Google Maps or get real-time Twitter updates on Trump’s presidential transition plan, we are still in the dark ages when it comes to understanding when and where diseases start and spread. Can a simple thermometer change that?
A world with no waiting rooms?
Sáltala – Improving the quality of public services by giving back the waiting time to users
Turning the public into ‘citizen epidemiologists’
How HealthMap uses digital technology to transform health information flows across the world
The Facebook Flu: How Social Media is Changing Disease Outbreak Monitoring
Annoyed by your Facebook friends constantly complaining about their flu symptoms? Don’t be! They are an important data source for your local public health service’s disease monitoring system.
“The Sky is the Limit” In Addressing Impacts of Climate Change on Public Health Provision in Africa
Can public health systems in infrastructure-starved and climate-affected developing countries “leapfrog” current stresses on their operational logistics? Rwanda is experimenting with drone delivery of blood to find out!
Creepy Crawlies & Climate Change at the CDC
Climate change is forcing mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and the diseases they carry to new climates. The Center for Disease Control has the opportunity to use technology and improved operations to ensure that it's ready to handle whatever bugs may migrate north over the coming years.