The Tech4dev programme, set up by the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, aims to find technological solutions to help populations in developing countries. In this context, four projects have been selected for deployment: the first consists of an economical and practical means of transporting vaccines (notably the Covid-19 vaccine). In addition, a solution facilitating people’s daily travel has been devised.
Furthermore, the researchers have also come up with an inexpensive and accessible solution for cervical cancer screening.
And finally, the last innovation consists of developing shelters to cope with floods, a widespread scourge in South Sudan.