Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Germany
Description
Affiliated grantees
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Katharina Nickoleit
Germany -
Christian Nusch
Germany -
Volkart Wildermuth
Germany -
Funded projects
The biggest killer
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.