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West Africa a "Dumping Site" for E-Waste
2015-01-26 23:51:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.itwebafrica.com/">IT Web Africa</a> West Africa has become a landing site for electrical and electronic equipment waste (e-waste), according to an Ericsson official. read more
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First robot, networked tablets head to West Africa to fight Ebola
2014-11-26 22:32:03| Wireless - Topix.net
The first robot and networked tablets are making their way today to an Ebola treatment unit in Liberia, where they will give aid workers their first chance at sharing data about the deadly outbreak. Debbie Theobald, co-founder and executive director of Cambridge, Mass.-based Vecna Cares left on a flight to Monrovia, Liberia Tuesday night, taking the company's own CliniPaktablets, a robot and the technology needed to set up a local area wireless network.
War against Ebola in West Africa remains a tough fight
2014-11-24 00:47:28| Biotech - Topix.net
War against Ebola in West Africa remains a tough fight A snapshot of the Ebola epidemic raging across West Africa shows a wildfire of infections only slightly contained. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1qVv44Q MONROVIA, Liberia - A snapshot of the Ebola epidemic raging across West Africa shows a wildfire of infections only slightly contained.
War against Ebola in West Africa remains a tough fight
2014-11-23 23:47:36| Biotech - Topix.net
War against Ebola in West Africa remains a tough fight A snapshot of the Ebola epidemic raging across West Africa shows a wildfire of infections only slightly contained. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1qVv44Q MONROVIA, Liberia - A snapshot of the Ebola epidemic raging across West Africa shows a wildfire of infections only slightly contained.
An outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa has killed around 53% of those infected
2014-09-17 10:50:51| Biotech - Topix.net
The UK volunteer will be given the candidate inoculation in a safety trial being conducted by experts at the University of Oxford. The testing is part of a series of safety trials of potential vaccines to combat the virus, which could offer hope to the thousands facing the illness in West Africa where an outbreak has killed around 53% of those infected.