PHA-Exch> New insights on poverty and life around the world

[Claudio Schuftan]

crossposted from : EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org

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*New insights on poverty and life around the world*

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*TedTalks 2007: Hans Rosling on poverty*

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*Hans Rosling*
Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institute
Co-founder, Director of Gapminder Foundation**

            http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/140



A professor of global health at Sweden's Karolinska
Institute<http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130&l=en>,
his current work focuses on* dispelling common myths about the so-called
developing world*, which (he points out) is no longer worlds away from the
west. In fact, most of the third world is on the same trajectory toward
health and prosperity, and many countries are moving twice as fast as the
west did.

What sets Rosling apart isn't just his apt observations of broad social and
economic trends, but the stunning way he presents them.

The Trendalyzer software (recently acquired by Google) turns complex global
trends into lively animations, making decades of data pop.

 TED http://www.ted.com/ stands for* Technology, Entertainment, Design.* It
started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those
three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating
thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in
18 minutes).



Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Discoverd konzo, a new epidemic paralytic disease, when serving as doctor in
Mocambique 1979-81. Two decades of research in rural Africa traced the cause
to toxic ill-processed cassava roots, hunger and poverty. Co-founded
Médecines sans Frontier Sweden. Started courses and wrote textbook on Global
Health. Initiated university collaborations with Asia and Africa. Co-founded
Gapminder
http://www.gapminder.org/video/talks/ that unveils the beuty of statistics
by turning boring numbers into enjoyable animations that make sense of the
world.
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