UNICEF Challenges CUNY Students to Save Lives Globally
UNICEF Innovation Unit’s Mima Stojanovic writes a blog for the Huffington Post on the integral role that youth and mothers play in saving children’s lives globally. The focus is on […]
Category Archives: Media Coverage
Articles, blog posts and mentions of UNICEF’s Innovation Work
UNICEF Staffers Make TIME 100 List of “World’s Most Influential People”
We are very honored to have made the TIME 100 List of the “World’s Most Influential People” in 2013. This is fantastic recognition for our global team’s work in harnessing […]
The New York Times profiles Mwana and mHealth
Tina Rosenberg of the The New York Times today wrote a piece on mHealth: The Benefits of Mobile Health, On Hold. The piece describes the ubiquity of the mobile phone, […]
Skoll World Forum Op-ed – mHealth: Moving Beyond Pilots to Scale and Impact
I was recently asked to contribute to the Skoll World Forum ‘Up for Debate’ series on ‘How Do We Cure mHealth Pilotitis’. The article looks at what makes mobiles so […]
How Do You Scale Social Innovation Startups?
UNICEF Tech Innovation co-lead Erica Kochi writes a guest post for TechCrunch on how to scale your social innovation startup. You’re a social entrepreneur wanting to change the world, but are having a […]
Innovation in Procurement
On the morning of 1 November 2012, a group of 30 experts convened at UNICEF Supply Division Copenhagen for the UNICEF Innovation Leaders’ Consortium. This session, which aimed to tackle […]
WSJ covers UNICEF’s innovative partnership with frog and General Electric
The Wall Street Journal today published a story about how design firms such as UNICEF partner frog are moving beyond traditional product design and more frequently working in the social […]
TIME Magazine Covers UNICEF supported mTrac system in Uganda
In TIME Magazine latest issues covers one of UNICEF’s mHealth systems in Uganda . M-Trac is a SMS-based disease surveillance and medicine tracking system. It provides real-time data for response while monitoring […]
BBC Covers Mwana in Malawi
The BBC Future Section writes an article about Programme Mwana in Malawi called “RapidSMS: Saving a life in 160 characters”. The articles describes the history of RapidSMS and the specific […]
UNICEF’s Mwana wins two IDSA awards
In partnership with frog - a leading design and innovation firm - Programme Mwana won two design awards at this years IDSA International Design Excellence Awards. It won a Gold Award in […]
