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SUMMARY:Poverty\, Humanitarian Crises and Conflicts: the Role of Science a
 nd Technology
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Klaus Schönenberger\nScience and Technology can and must play
  a role to drive development\, humanitarian action and peace\, but how can
  this be done? How can we maximize chances that a solution will achieve a 
 real and lasting impact at large scale?  Technologies designed and deploy
 ed in high-income countries are often unable to deliver their full potenti
 al when transposed to poor or vulnerable contexts. The health sector is a 
 key example where medical devices such as neonatal incubators or diagnosti
 c X-ray systems are generally too expensive and fragile. The case of diagn
 ostic X-ray imaging is particularly striking: 127 years after the discover
 y of x-rays by Röntgen\, up to two-thirds of the world population still d
 oes not have access to radiology services. Yet X-ray radiology is a crucia
 l instrument for diagnosing health issues ranging from trauma to tuberculo
 sis. The mismatch between needs and available solutions originates from th
 e inappropriateness of both the technology and the business models. A new 
 approach is presented which relies on three crucial pillars: cooperation\,
  interdisciplinarity and entrepreneurship. This approach has not only been
  successfully applied to the case of diagnostic x-ray imaging\, where it h
 as led to the creation of a start-up company\, but also to projects in the
  domains of humanitarian action. Finally it is currently also starting to 
 be applied in the new domain of PeaceTech.
LOCATION:MED 0 1418 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==MED%200%201418 https://epf
 l.zoom.us/j/66373942031
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