Scientists find new superbug strain of salmonella.

Reuters – As with many bacteria, multi-drug-resistant, or “superbug,” strains of salmonella infection have developed as the bacteria has found new ways of outfoxing the drugs, and these can spread in food and from person to person. The strain, known as S. Kentucky, has spread internationally with almost 500 cases found in France, Denmark, England [...]

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Interactive renewable energy toolkit – iRET.

Practical Action: Practical Action Consulting has put together a new interactive Renewable Energy Toolkit, produced for Oxfam and Christian Aid to assist them in building the skills and knowledge of their staff and partners to deliver energy access projects for poverty reduction worldwide.  We hope that the iRET will also be useful to other development [...]

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A Few Stats On Seniors And Technology.

This is from a WSJ article earlier this year, but I thought it made a few key points about seniors and technology (which is relevant for your Medicare strategy). … Read More via Enabling Healthy Decisions

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Commentary – The World We Created!

  Commentary – The World We Created Alex Sangha 800 Words July 4, 2011   The world is largely run by money.  Unfortunately, it is not equitably distributed.  Billions of people on this planet still live on a few dollars a day in primitive conditions without basic necessities such as clean drinking water.    In [...]

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It’s Gonna Be Ghana: First Steps to Living the Dream (via Creating a World Without Poverty)

Lynda Barton is spending six months volunteering with MOTECH Ghana through Grameen Foundation’s global volunteer corps, Bankers without Borders.  This is Part I of a two-part series.  It’s amazing to realize that you can completely change your life in fewer than 30 days when you have the passion and motivation to do so.  We often set [...]

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Lessons Learned from Mobile Technology for Community Health in Ghana (via Creating a World Without Poverty)

Sandra Fernandez is a Social Media Intern for Grameen Foundation. Over nearly the last year, we’ve been piloting our Mobile Technology for Community Health, or MOTECH, initiative in the remote Upper East Region of Ghana.  MOTECH’s two key services – Mobile Midwife and Nurse Application – provide maternal health information via mobile phones to both [...]

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