The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits, Revised and Updated 5th Anniversary Edition

The Voxiva Story

Over the last two decades the spread of new diseases such as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has generated a renewed awareness of the threats posed by infectious diseases. Indeed, infectious diseases, such as cholera, meningococcal disease, and measles, cause 63 percent of all childhood deaths and 48 percent of premature deaths, and at least 300 million people have acute cases of malaria, 90 percent of them in sub-Saharan Africa.¹

The Innovation...

Controlling the threat of infectious diseases demands early detection of outbreaks and immediate response. Without timely information and effective two-way communication, health authorities cannot hope to manage the spread of ...