InnoCentive Launches Open Innovation Campaign With Habitat for Humanity
The PR Newswire website reported that open innovation firm InnoCentive is supporting global housing nonprofit Habitat for Humanity in a new challenge to find a solution for retrofitting houses across Africa to reduce the spread of malaria. Focusing particularly on Kenya, where around 70% of the population is thought to be at risk of malaria, the challenge – Malaria Prevention through Innovations in Home Design or Home Life – runs through 7 June 2021. The challenge aims to find affordable and sustainable home design solutions to significantly reduce the number of mosquitoes inside the home and/or reduce the number of mosquito bites from mosquitoes that get into a home, lowering transmission of malaria and other diseases.
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