Climate change has disastrous health impacts. As a medical humanitarian organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is already seeing these impacts on the people we treat in over 70 countries around the world.This year, powerful Cyclone Mocha hit Myanmar and Bangladesh and destroyed not only communities, but refugee camps. In years past, we have […]
Read MoreIntroduction: MUET, in conjunction with IEEE SIGHT (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) Karachi Section and with the backing of IEEE Asia Pacific Region 10, orchestrated an event titled “Building Sustainable Communities and Empowering Action against Climate Change.”This collaborative initiative involved EU Erasmus Plus ACTIVE program, QSIMPACT Pakistan, and IEEE MUET Chapter, coinciding with the […]
Read MoreNED University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan and University of West of Scotland, UK announced working jointly to develop technological solutions for monitoring and predictions related to climate change in Pakistan.The project emerged from “Going Global Partnership PAK-UK Education Gateway Mobility Partnership for Faculty” supported by the British Council and Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. The […]
Read MoreThe initiative to improve Pakistan’s healthcare system has been undertaken by Alsons Technology. Initially, they faced numerous challenges as the first Pakistani company dedicated to manufacturing medical devices entirely in-house. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted critical ventilator shortages globally.In response, ALNNOVENT was created – an Electro-Mechanical ICU ventilator designed, developed, and manufactured by the Alsons Group […]
Read MoreEnvironment ministers from G20 nations failed to agree on peaking global emissions by 2025 and other crucial issues to address the global climate crisis at their meeting in India on Friday.No breakthrough was possible on several key points ahead of this year’s COP28 climate talks, with negotiations also failing to reach a consensus on tripling […]
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