Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)
00:00:14:20 There’s a link between Arctic ice melt and your health, says this professor: Gail Whiteman, Hoffmann Impact Professor for Accelerating Action on Nature and Climate at University of Exeter Business School, talks us through the health implications of Arctic ice melt – and the best way to fight it.
00:04:36:12 This doctor founded a health center to care for women who have undergone FGC: Nawal Nour, founder of the African Women’s Health Center in Boston, explains why an approach to medical care rooted in empathy, respect and active listening is fundamental to improving women’s health.
00:07:46:17 This hospital performed the world’s first fully robotic heart transplant: Surgeons at a hospital in Saudi Arabia successfully achieved a world first: a heart transplant performed entirely by robots. The patient was a 16-year-old boy with severe heart failure.
00:09:54:00 Can these tech classes transform school?: New York has launched a 3-year pilot across 10 schools that helps pupils practise the vital STEM skills they’ll need to enter a future career in manufacturing or technology. You can hear from a host of students – as well as AFT President Randi Weingarten – in this video.
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