Sunday, 19 August 2012

Reading: Crowdsourcing reveals life-saving potential in global heath research



'Technology is allowing partners who previously worked independently to collaborate to combat neglected diseases' (Guardian, Wednesday 15 August 2012)

MDG : A child receives vaccination against tuberculosis in Benin

A child is vaccinated against tuberculosis in Benin. Photograph: Olivier Asselin/Alamy
Guardian 15th August 2012






Follow this link to the Guardian article.

Reading questions:

What is crowdsourcing? [follow the link and summarise the basic meaning]

What are the problems in developing drugs?

How are partners (who were once competitors) sharing expertise?

Global Heath Initiatives

What is the Re: search project?

What does the project aim to do? How will it make research easier?

Crowdsourcing science

What has innoCentive and the journal Nature teamed up to do?

According to Henri Tirri what will competition enable them to do?

Product development partners

How was crowdsourcing used in the 1990s?

Growing Pains

How is 'open innovation' helping the project?
What is the future for the project?







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