Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Germany
Description
German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. As well as contributing to the output of the national television channel Das Erste, WDR produces the regional television service WDR Fernsehen (formerly known as WDF and West3) and six regional radio networks.
Affiliated grantees
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Katharina Nickoleit
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Christian Nusch
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Volkart Wildermuth
Germany -
Funded projects
How cancer challenges developing countries
Seventy percent of the 8 million new cancer cases annually are diagnosed in developing countries. But so far, little has been done to fight this epidemic. This project will show the urgency of the matter and how it could be addressed.
Hope and hurdles - drugs are not enough to fight MDR tuberculosis
This investigation will show how science, the social setting and changes in funding interact in unexpected ways in the fight against tuberculosis in Mozambique and Belarus.
Big data approach to fight epidemics
Fighting the Yemeni cholera epidemic with a Big Data approach - this project will investigate if artificial intelligence can enable UNICEF field teams to prevent cholera outbreaks in war-torn villages.
