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South African – Swedish effort on pre-hospital diagnostics of stroke and traumatic injuries

The purpose of the present project is the implementation of cost efficient, easy to use, diagnostic tools for stroke and trauma in the sub-Saharan Africa, where there are very limited resources in terms of medical personnel, hospitals and diagnostic devices.

Mikael Persson Mikael Persson

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“Brighter Futures” through Health Promotion and Health Equity

There is robust evidence that health promotion in the school setting can increase children’s knowledge and change their choice of health related behaviors for the better.

Andrew MacNab Andrew MacNab

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Toward reducing infant mortality via smart and low-cost pulse oximetry

Sepsis kills over six million children in the developing world every year, many of those die at home and thus it is believed that a distributed, community‐based intervention would be most effective in reducing mortality.

Guy Dumont Guy Dumont
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