Just one or two sessions of dialysis is often all it takes to save the life of someone suffering from acute kidney injury. Yet a 2016 review study published in the Lancet Global Health estimated that in sub-Saharan Africa, 86% of adults and 73% of children die when in need of short-term dialysis, due to lack of access.

Just one or two sessions of dialysis is often all it takes to save the life of someone suffering from acute kidney injury. Yet a 2016 review study published in the Lancet Global Health estimated that in sub-Saharan Africa, 86% of adults and 73% of children die when in need of short-term dialysis, due to lack of access.

I have one of those titles – Head of the PeaceTech division – that leads to the interesting question, “Uh, what’s that?” What better time than on the occasion of UN International Day of Peace, September 21, to answer this?

We spoke with EPFL President Martin Vetterli about the new Engineering Humanitarian Aid initiative – a joint program bringing together EPFL, ETH Zurich and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to put engineering know-how at the service of humanitarian aid.

Following the official launch of the Engineering Humanitarian Aid partnership, EPFL’s Humanitarian Tech Hub is proud to announce that six research projects have been awarded, including two that will be implemented by EPFL research teams and 2 in collaboration with ETH Zurich.

How Science and Technology contribute to sustainable development, humanitarian action and peace promotion. Speakers : Dr. Klaus Schonenberger Gregory Huot Dr Solomzi Makohliso  Dr Mariazel Maqueda-Lopez Dr Gregoire Castella  

EssentialTech Centre releases their latest brochure. Check it out!

EPFL at 2RC Teaming up with the Convention on Cluster Munitions‘ 10 year anniversary conference, we’re proud to present the work that EPFL has been doing to bring positive change through science and technology in low-resource and conflict-affected settings. Read...

Healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries suffer from chronic shortages of medical oxygen, resulting in more than 2 000 children dying every day from pneumonia. What can we do to make oxygen available for children in rural Africa? GlobalO2 is moving...

Oka Taxi gave more than 200 smiles to Mozambique in the year 2019. This is a taxi which not only boosts the local economy but also provides free ambulance services to all the pregnant women in the nothern Mozambique.