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Platform to track the symptoms of citizens in Portugal
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-03-31 12:25
Covidografia is a platform developed in Portugal that aims to “take a picture” of the symptoms of the citizens. The platform was developed by volunteers connected throught the Tech4Covid19 project – a tech community that aims to create solution to fight ...
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Professor creates computer game to teach children the importance of social distancing
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-08-05 18:25
While going for a walk during the Covid-19 pandemic, Professor Richard Wiseman felt as though he was living in a computer game "having to avoid joggers and cyclists etc", to keep the recommended social distance. From his background in Psychology ...
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Mental health patient launches app to help people cope with the Covid-19 pandemic
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-07-02 12:40
John Kirwan, has been a passionate advocate about mental health for many years, following his own personal struggle. “I had medical depression, I was on anti-depressants—I wanted to jump out of a window one night”, Kirwan explained in a interview. In an ...
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Doctors find a way to convert regular breathing machines into ventilators
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-05-15 16:46
Like many other healthcare facilities, Northwell Health Hospital, in New York, was experience the burden of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the rising number of patients in need of hospital care. Amidst the situation, Dr. Hugh Cassiere, a pulmonologists at ...
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Refugees start awareness team and sewing team to cope with the outbreak of COVID 19 within the refugee camp
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-03-27 13:49
Some residents of the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesvos created an awareness team in response to the increased sense of urgency about hygiene and handwashing, to help the 20,000 inhabitants of the camp during the COVID19 epidemic. “The conditions ...
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Residents play bingo from their balconies during the Irish lockdown
Solution Shared by sara.di.fabio@patient-innovation.com on 2020-04-22 18:58
Graham Merrigan published a video on Twitter showing a group of people in Dublin that found a brilliant way to come together during the pandemic outbreak and enjoy social distancing. Residents in a block of flats in Dublin started playing bingo from their ...
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Innovator from Kenya creates device to sanitize money and help fight Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-09-16 18:03
Dansin Wanjohi lives in Mwea, Kenya, and works as an agent for M-Pesa, a mobile money transfer service, a job which requires him to handle cash everyday. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kenyan Ministry of Health urged the population to replace cash ...
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Inventor creates solar-powered hand washing sink
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-06-19 10:14
To help his country fight the Covid-19 pandemic, inventor Richard Aning created a solar-powered handwashing sink. This invention was created to allow people, even those living in remote location, to wash their hands and help control the spread of the new ...
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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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Game teaches players how to identify misinformation about Covid-19
Solution Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2021-01-29 18:26
The UK government has partnered with the University of Cambridge’s Social Decision-Making Lab and the Dutch media agency Drog to design a game that teaches people how to recognize fake news about the Covid-19 pandemic. The game teaches players about the ...
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