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AGILIS - our prosthetic foot developped with ICRC - is now tested in the field

Discover the latest progress in our GlobalNeoNat project, designed to reduce neonatal mortality in vulnerable regions with an affordable, energy-efficient incubator tailored for resource-limited settings.

The GlobalViewAid project enhances safety and independence for blind individuals by developing a navigation aid to complement the white cane, addressing its limitations. Prioritizing accessibility in low-income countries, it incorporates feedback from users in Switzerland and Colombia. With the second phase successfully tested, the team seeks funding to advance this impactful initiative.

The Geneva Technical Hub Programme - established to improve the lives of refugees and internally displaced people and their host communities, has successfully ended after a little over two years of intense collaboration with EPFL Labs and UNHCR.

GlobaldiagnostiX - developped at the Centre and now deployed by our start-up Pristem through the OpendiagnostiX South-Africa - has a major impact with more and more patient diagnosed.

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), is thrilled to announce the launch of the 5th Humanitarian Action Challenge. And this time, the call is open to all International Organizations, offering this unique opportunity for research projects to all actors in the humanitarian field.

We're excited to share that applications for the EPFL Humanitarian Action Fellowship (HAF) are open, an integral part of the Engineering for Humanitarian Action (EHA) program. The EHA initiative is a collaborative effort among ETH Zurich, EPFL, and the ICRC, aimed at leveraging Swiss academic expertise to address the needs of vulnerable populations in conflict zones.

Pristem SA, a spin-off of the EPFL EssentialTech Centre, has inaugurated its first radiology diagnostic centre, Open Diagnostics. It is the first private X-ray diagnostic centre in Alexandra Township, an underserved urban part of Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announce the launch of “Humanitarian Action in the Digital Age”, a new Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) designed specifically to help humanitarian organizations equip their workforce with a holistic understanding of Information and Communication Technologies