Rotavax (Oral Vaccine)
“Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering undergraduates developed a quick-dissolving film that may someday deliver rotavirus vaccine to infants in impoverished areas. The team developed a potentially revolutionary way to inoculate infants and children against rotavirus, a disease that kills some 600,000 children worldwide each year. The novel system they created would deliver life-saving medicine on a […]
The Meatrix
“When The Meatrix launched in November 2003, the viral film broke new ground in online grassroots advocacy, creating a unique vehicle by which to educate, entertain and motivate people to create change. The Meatrix movies, now a series, have been translated into more than 30 languages and are one of the most successful online advocacy […]
Navigenics
“They analyse your DNA for risk markers that may genetically predispose you to various health conditions, including breast cancer, type 2 diabetes, colon cancer and heart attack. Navigenics was founded in 2006 by David Agus, M.D. and Dietrich Stephan, Ph.D., with the overall goal of improving personal health. Their genetic testing services were born out […]
Embrace
“They are addressing the issue of global infant mortality through an innovative Infant warmer that costs less than 1% than a traditional incubator. The Infant Warmer is the first in a line of affordable products that Embrace will innovate for low income communities. They are not alone in this fight to decrease infant mortality. In […]
Mapendo International
“Mapendo is a Swahili word that means “great love” and is also the name of a truly courageous woman. Rose Mapendo’s experience is the inspiration behind the Organisation’s name. Rose and her husband, born in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, had seven children at the time the Rwandan army invaded the Congo and war […]
