Swiss-based Vestergaard Frandsen–makers of mosquito nets and the LifeStraw–has figured out a solution to turning a profit while saving the world. The company is launching a campaign today that could ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeStraw, the market leader in water filtration for the outdoors and award-winning humanitarian company, today named its long-time managing director, Alison ...

In recent years, investments in global public health have created opportunities for private innovators, technology developers, and business investors to join the fight against infectious diseases ...

May 11, 2006 — -- Each morning Eunice Jakala wakes at dawn to travel several miles to the local well in Nairobi, Kenya, to fill her pail with potable water for her family. At 65, that walk isn't ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Jan. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen is to transition to a new role pursuing further opportunities in humanitarian entrepreneurship, having spent 27 years ...

In western Kenya, Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen is sometimes treated like a demigod. When I accompany him on his visit to local schools, we are barely out of the SUV when we are swarmed by children in ...

DUBAI According to a UNICEF report released in August 2010, more than three million children are at high risk of deadly water-borne diseases in Pakistan, making them the most vulnerable victims of the ...

Given that approximately one sixth of the world's population lacks access to safe drinking water, it would obviously be a very good idea to create something that allows those people to easily and ...

A cheap, easy to use, and highly effective tool, the LifeStraw is able to kill nearly 100 percent of the bacteria and viruses found in water Here at Medgadget we cover the latest in high-tech medicine ...