I first learned about InSTEDD around end of 2008 when I was working with a social enterprise in Cambodia called Digital Divide Data. InSTEDD’s CTO, Eduardo Jezierski along with a consultant from the Argentina based Clarius Consulting company, named Daniel, visited DDD in search for potential candidates to subcontracted with. At that time InSTEDD had not planned to set up their own office in Cambodia. They just thought of working in Cambodia for a short while to support the Ministry of Health as part of Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance Network (MBDS) program.
A locally run innovation lab focused on the sustainable design and development of technologies for social good.
September 14, 2012
Stories from the Field: Malaria Project in Laos
MALARIA IN LAOS
Lao PDR is a country with a population of around 6 million people. Most of these people live in hilly terrain and dense forests which makes them particularly vulnerable to Malaria carrying mosquitoes. It is estimated that more than half of the population is at risk for contracting the disease.
image: WHO World Malaria Report 2011 - http://www.who.int/malaria/publications/country-profiles/profile_lao_en.pdf
Lao PDR is a country with a population of around 6 million people. Most of these people live in hilly terrain and dense forests which makes them particularly vulnerable to Malaria carrying mosquitoes. It is estimated that more than half of the population is at risk for contracting the disease.
image: WHO World Malaria Report 2011 - http://www.who.int/malaria/publications/country-profiles/profile_lao_en.pdf
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