A Kenyan Idea With Global Reach

I linked to txteagle before, but after watching a video of its founder, Nathan Eagle, I felt it deserved a standalone post.
For those who haven’t already heard about txteagle, it’s essentially a way to put small tasks in the hands of mobile phone users in rural areas of developing countries and pay them for completing [...]

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new social network site for students interested in health/development

By way of Roger England, author of a recent BMJ article lambasting the prioritization of HIV/AIDS over other serious public health problems, here’s a link to a social network geared at students interested in health and development.
From his email:
This is a news and social network for health students, researchers and professionals. It’s just starting. [...]

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