Explainer: Five Tools for Keeping Peace

Explainer: Five Tools for Keeping Peace

Their tireless efforts span from monitoring ceasefire agreements to protecting civilians, rebuilding key infrastructure and facilitating elections to help countries and communities transition from war to peace. Peacekeepers can be soldiers, police officers, engineers, doctors, veterinarians, human rights officers, justice and corrections officers, radio producers, environmental scientists and surveillance experts. When we think about keeping…

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Meta introduced several new tools including Facebook Rails and Templates

Meta introduced several new tools including Facebook Rails and Templates

Meta has added more options and new features especially after the popularity of reels. Photo: File Palo Alto, California: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has introduced some new changes and tools. New options have been introduced in the form of editing Facebook Rails, increasing accessibility and new templates. It should be…

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Untested AI-based tools could harm patients, WHO warns

Untested AI-based tools could harm patients, WHO warns

Cautionary measures normally applied to any new technology are not being exercised consistently with regard to large language model (LLM) tools, which use AI for crunching data, creating content, and answering questions, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned. “Precipitous adoption of untested systems could lead to errors by healthcare workers, cause harm to patients, erode…

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Use new tools to save lives, WHO says on World Malaria Day

Use new tools to save lives, WHO says on World Malaria Day

“We have the tools to drive down malaria, a package of interventions that includes vector control, preventive medicines, testing, and treatment,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). Adopting as its theme for the day – “Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement” – WHO’s call to action encompasses preventing,…

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