"Open Source and Social Change — Making the World a Better Place"
summary
Between 1990 and 2010 under-five mortality halves and extreme poverty falls from about 40% to 14%, with the World Bank projecting near-negligible poverty by 2035; today 5.25 billion people are classified as free of poverty while 1.75 billion remain poor. Humanitarian tech examples: the PlayPump costs far more than hand pumps, proves slower, often replaces local pumps and leaves women doing the work; Ushahidi uses SMS rebates in Afghanistan (58% mobile reach) to speed repairs; OpenMRS runs over a million medical records with local ownership and training.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00The future is better
- 2:58Humanitarian efforts
- 6:02Overpopulation myths
- 8:01Institutional injustice
- 10:47The play pump failure
- 14:08Effective technology
- 17:46OpenMRS success
- 20:21Building inclusive futures
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