Social media is all around us; it has revolutionised into a tool that can be quite powerful if used the right way. However, one of the most important uses is how brands connect with their audience.
Among various platforms, TikTok has emerged victorious with more than 1 billion monthly users, especially in the beauty industry. With its short, engaging videos and a vast user base, TikTok offers an unmatched opportunity for any brand to reach millions of potential customers. Agencies like House of Marketers are producing incredible results on TikTok – check out their campaign case study for a skincare brand called d’Alba here.
But, using this platform effectively requires collaborating with the right beauty influencers. And if you don’t know what a goo…
Singapore has long been recognized as a global leader in healthcare, boasting one of the world s most efficient and advanced healthcare systems. As the nation continues to push the boundaries of medical excellence, the integration of cutting-edge technologies plays a crucial role. Among these technologies, and robust cybersecurity measures stand out as transformative forces. This article explores how Azure is revolutionizing Singapore s medical sector, highlighting the key innovations and cybersecurity enhancements driving this transformation.
Leveraging Microsoft Azure Cloud Services in Singapore s Healthcare
Enhancing Data Management and Accessibility
The sheer volume of data generated in the healthcare sector is staggering. From patient records to diagnostic images, manag…
Marcela Valente*
BUENOS AIRES, Mar 19 2007 (IPS) – Climate change, which has resulted, for example, in heavier and more persistent rains in South America, is forcing countries to take more proactive measures to prevent the spread of diseases like dengue fever.
Paraguay has been struck by an epidemic of the more dangerous variant, dengue haemorrhagic fever.
Global warming increases the risk of future epidemics, entomologist Anthony Erico Guimaraes, a researcher at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Brazil #39s leading centre for the study of tropical diseases and the development of medicines to combat them, told IPS.
The rise in global temperatures indirectly influences the spread of dengue by modifying rainfall frequency, he explained.
The head of Bolivia #3…
Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON, May 30 2007 (IPS) – U.S. President George W. Bush Wednesday called for Congress to double spending on his global AIDS programme to 30 billion dollars from fiscal 2009 through 2013.
US Global AIDS Coordinator Mark Dybul at St. Bridget s Preschool in Tonota, Botswana. Credit: US State Department
In a brief appearance in the White House Rose Garden, Bush said his four-year-old President s Emergency Programme for AIDS Relief (PEPF…
Daniela Estrada
SANTIAGO, Oct 15 2007 (IPS) – High economic growth rates, political will and laws aimed at ensuring the right to food will not be enough to eradicate hunger in Latin America by 2025, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), which calls for ongoing investment, improved coordination of programmes and support for family farming.
Hunger and malnutrition affect close to 52.4 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean, equivalent to 10 percent of the region s population, according to figures from the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP).
Haiti has the highest rate of undernutrition, with 46 percent of its population going hungry. It is followed by the Dominican Republic with 29 percent, and Nicaragua with 27 percent. In Sout…
A child carries a box of relief supplies to her tent at the Mardan refugee camp in Pakistan. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 29 2016 (IPS) – Millions of children still die before reaching their fifth birthday every year, according to the 2016 State of The World’s Children Report released here Tuesday by the UN Children s Fund (UNICEF).
The , which is released annually, shows that a country’s income does not always determine progress in child mortality. Many poorer countries are outpacing their richer neighbours in reducing their mortality rates, and some rapidly growing economies – including India and Nigeria – have be…