Covid-19
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Virtual Reality video teaches medical professionals the best practices in treating Covid-19 patients
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-31 18:42
Kevin Ching, a physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital, was working with Covid-19 patients during the pandemic and realized it was very important to share the hands-on knowledge they had acquired to other medical workers. He had the idea of creating a ...
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Student creates movement to encourage patients and healthcare workers fighting Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-02 11:10
In 2018, Gina was diagnosed with acanthamoeba keratitis and had to be in quarantine for a month. During that time, she says: “I experienced an incredible amount of loneliness and anxiety, and so it meant the world to me whenever I received a get-well-soon ...
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Students create game to teach about correct use of protective equipment
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-02 15:52
A group of college students from Instituto Superior Técnico, in Lisbon, created “EPIs contra o COVID-19” (PPE against COVID-19) an online quiz that is meant to help people understand how to correctly wear personal protective equipment. The quiz is ...
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Designers create project to take information about Covid-19 to remote populations
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-16 10:40
Catalina Lotero and Felipe Guarin are designers and founders of the Whatever Works design studio. During the Covid-19 pandemic, when the first cases of infection outside China started arising, they decided they should “do something to design solutions for ...
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Radio show promotes public awareness about Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-19 10:15
Mikado FM is a radio station from Mali, promoted by the United Nations, which seeks to consolidate peace, harmony and coexistence in the country. With the onset of the COvid-19 pandemic in the country, the radio wanted to provide an important public ...
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Solidarity movement turns caravans into resting places for healthcare workers
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2021-01-25 17:50
In Portugal, at the beginning of 2021, the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic put tremendous pressure on the hospitals and healthcare services. Hospitals were exceeding their capacity, healthcare professionals were overworked and lacking appropriate ...
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Facebook group keeps people with disabilities connected during the Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-08-13 18:23
Many severely disabled people rely on the help of other to perform their daily life activities. However, during the Covid-19 pandemic, with the population being advised to stay home and practice social distancing, people with disabilities had to face the ...
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Team creates platform to connect healthcare workers in need with volunteers
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-05-07 10:56
A multidisciplinary group of volunteers built HospitalHero, a platform to connect healthcare workers in need of meals, supplies or anything else with volunteers able to help. Through the website, healthcare workers can request help and volunteers can ...
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Startup launches free app to help monitor the health of nursing home residents
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-29 21:55
To help nursing homes and assisted care facilities monitor their residents, one of the most vulnerable groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, Portuguese company Create IT launched a new, free platform call “+Próximo” (“Closer”, in English”). The app ...
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Volunteers create platform to provide meals to people in need
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-04 18:32
A team of volunteers created OpenMeal, a platform that supports two vulnerable communities: restaurants struggling to keep their businesses open and families struggling to get food. The platform was developed during the Covid-19 pandemic, when the team of ...
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