Vodafone Foundation helps save mothers’ and children’s lives in one of the world’s worst HIV hotspots

Vodafone Foundation helps save mothers’ and children’s lives in one of the world’s worst HIV hotspots

Maboe, 43, and her son Motsamai, 6, are HIV positive. They now receive regular treatment close to home through the Vodafone Foundations mobile treatment programme in Lesotho. The programme combines Vodafone’s M-Pesa mobile money service with travelling clinics and a smartphone app which enables the tracking of patients in remote areas. The Vodafone Foundations travelling clinics use a fleet of 4 x 4 vehicles to provide on-site HIV testing in remote areas as part of a wider effort to provide basic primary healthcare. Dec 1, 2016
Inside the worlds first emotionally powered store

Inside the worlds first emotionally powered store

Research shows that Christmas shopping can be as stressful as running a marathon. Online retailer eBay is helping relieve this anxiety at a new store in London, U.K., where biometric facial recognition technology is being used to gauge shoppers response to products. Nov 30, 2016
CCTV shows woman left paralysed after car drives onto pavement

CCTV shows woman left paralysed after car drives onto pavement

CCTV footage has been released showing the moment a woman was left paralysed after a car drove onto the pavement. The video, released by the Metropolitan Police, captures the incident which happened on the 29 May in Norwood, London.The woman who was paralysed was 30-year-old Chanelle Higgins. According to to the police appeal, Higgins was paralysed from the waist down and is confined to a wheelchair.The police said that on 16 June a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. He was released on bail to return on a date in December pending further enquiries. Nov 29, 2016