TraumaLink’s first responders offer community-based solution to road traffic accidents

The chaos of Dhaka's roads inspired Jon Moussally, a physician in Massachusetts and instructor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, to cofound a volunteer-based emergency response system aimed at reducing death from road traffic injuries (RTIs). STANFORD SOCIAL INNOVATION REVIEW

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‘We won’t refuse anyone in need’: the paramedics taking on Nairobi’s slum

No day is the same for Evalyne Nyangweso, entrepreneur and owner of an ambulance service dedicated to an unforgiving community prone to poor health, disease and high crime rates. Operating in Kibera, Africa’s largest slum, where traditional ambulances daren’t go and even police tread carefully, Nyangweso and her crew are the first responders to medical emergencies. THE GUARDIAN

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