Reacting efficiently to natural disasters calls for extensive training, effective technologies and well-oiled strategies. The EU-funded DRIVER+ project provides just the means to these ends, due to its unique test bed and portfolio of solutions. Trials in four European countries already show much promise and will help contribute to ensuring citizens' safety.
During natural disasters, response teams need all the help they can get. The line between success and failure is often paper-thin and innovative IT solutions can make a big difference. Through beAWARE, an EU-funded project, stakeholders have access to a platform integrating high-end technologies and an entirely new approach to disaster management that will ultimately help keep citizens safe.
Using behavioural support to encourage people with tuberculosis to give up smoking can help to reduce the burden of the disease in some South Asian countries worst affected by the disease.
Tuberculosis (TB) kills 3 000 people every day and over 1 000 people fall sick with TB each hour. One EU-supported project is finding and treating cases of TB in Nepal and Vietnam to try and accelerate progress towards eradication.
