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March 05, 2016

Google teams with UNICEF to map Zika virus spread
San Francisco (AFP) March 3, 2016
Google on Thursday said that it is working with UNICEF to map the spread of Zika and pitching in a million dollars to support the group's efforts on the ground. A volunteer team of Google engineers, designers and data scientists is helping UNICEF build a computer platform to analyze data from sources such as weather and travel patterns to predict potential outbreaks, the director of the Internet giant's charitable arm said in a blog post. "Ultimately, the goal of this open source platform is to ... read more

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