In recent years, investments in global public health have created opportunities for private innovators, technology developers, and business investors to join the fight against infectious diseases ...

Swiss-based Vestergaard Frandsen–makers of mosquito nets and the LifeStraw–has figured out a solution to turning a profit while saving the world. The company is launching a campaign today that could ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 Vestergaard Frandsen, a Europeancompany developing and selling disease control textiles, today announced thelaunch of LifeStraw(R) Family, a new point-of-use product designed to ...

A new straw that purifies water as it is drunk is hoped to be part of a solution to water-borne disease killing thousands in developing countries. Created by Danish innovator Torben Vestergaard ...

The award-winning LifeStraw® water purifying technology has been integrated into a new refillable water bottle, LifeStraw® Go, ideal for hikers, travelers, outdoor enthusiasts and everyday use. At the ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LifeStraw demonstrated the power of consumers to drive social change with its announcement today of a major milestone: 1 million schoolchildren reached with safe drinking ...

A cheap, easy to use, and highly effective tool, the LifeStraw is able to kill nearly 100 percent of the bacteria and viruses found in water Here at Medgadget we cover the latest in high-tech medicine ...

DUBAI According to a UNICEF report released in August 2010, more than three million children are at high risk of deadly water-borne diseases in Pakistan, making them the most vulnerable victims of the ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeStraw, the market leader in water filtration for the outdoors and award-winning humanitarian company, today named its long-time managing director, Alison ...