How we're tracking medical donations across the world
Christian Schröter |
TED@Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
• November 2017
What if you could track donations of medicines that help treat over one billion of the world's poorest people against neglected tropical diseases, the same way you track the package you order on Amazon? Working with supply chain experts from around the world, biochemist Christian Schröter developed a method for tracking medical donations from the warehouse to places like the back country of Mozambique -- all using something as simple as a cellphone.