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May 09, 2008 The Australian- The other of Invention
Apr 29, 2008 Francistown - PSI launches treated mosquito nets
Apr 25, 2008 Three hundred nets donated to Livingstone general hospital.
Apr 25, 2008 Princess Astrid of Belgium and musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka hands out 135 millionth Permanet® bednets in celebration of World Malaria Day
Apr 25, 2008 Roll Back Malaria Zambezi Expedition Arrives In Livingstone.
Apr 24, 2008 Zambia:Child Receives 135 millionth PermaNet(r) Bed Net
Apr 23, 2008 Project H: Fund a Lifestraw for Mumbai for $25
Apr 23, 2008 LifeStraw Family: Cheap Water Filtration for World's Poor
Apr 19, 2008 Daily News, Los Angeles: Green Rush
Apr 10, 2008 Calibre- Enzi Stresses Need to Address the Health Effects of Global Poverty
Apr 01, 2008 The American- Techno-Ideas- Thirst Aid- LifeStraw
Mar 25, 2008 A life-saver tested
Mar 14, 2008 Drinking Water. A Challenge for All
Mar 10, 2008 Developing world to benefit from Vestergaard acquisition
Mar 09, 2008 Uganda: A Simple Way to Get Safe Water
Mar 06, 2008 Minister endorses cost effective measures to tackle water related diseases
Mar 03, 2008 Adweek - Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen - Developer of the LifeStraw water purifier
Feb 28, 2008 Sudan Tribune: Sudan distributes anti-malaria nets in war affected areas
Feb 28, 2008 Guardian Newspaper - Science - Firm launches new water treatment product
Feb 27, 2008 A Portable Filtration Device is Named World Changing Idea
Feb 26, 2008 FastCompany.com - Saatchi & Saatchi - World Changing Ideas - LifeStraw®
Feb 25, 2008 An Ad Agency Tries to Change the World
Feb 25, 2008 Scientific American - Water Filtration System in a Straw
Feb 25, 2008 LifeStraw® Wins World Changing Ideas Award
Feb 21, 2008 Outlook Money - Swiss company to launch low cost water purifier
Feb 17, 2008 New Vision Online (Uganda) - Water purifier launched
Feb 16, 2008 The Standard - Repatriation of IDPs criticised
Feb 12, 2008 LifeStraw® Water Purifier Introduced
Feb 09, 2008 Standard (Kenya): Water Purifier Launched
Feb 08, 2008 Life saving technological innovation in Ghana
Belgian membrane technology co. acquired
Jan 29, 2008 Medway Pupils Raise Funds for Clean Water
Jan 21, 2008 Making Progress - These 3 companies from across the globe are creating products specifically intended to help developing countries.
Jan 11, 2008 Community Press: Area students strive to help Congolese
Dec 30, 2007 Rockbridge Weekly's Newsline: Stuart Hall Students Work on Important Projects
Dec 26, 2007 Botswana: PSI Launches Treated Mosquito Nets
Dec 21, 2007 PBS: Transcripts: Bill Moyers Journal
Dec 15, 2007 Ensuring safe water for the needy with mobile purification tool
Dec 14, 2007 Red Crescent and BinSina Pharmacy launch humanitarian campaign
Dec 03, 2007 Lifestraw mark II - push to expand distribution of upgraded lifesaving invention
Nov 30, 2007 Ecropolis, Inc - video on top innovators presented at a conference of entrepreneurs
Sipping salvation
Nov 19, 2007 School Trying To Buy LifeStraws
Nov 12, 2007 Madagascar ups its game in battle against malaria
Oct 22, 2007 PR Newswire: Government of Madagascar and Coalition of Global Partners Launch Measles and Malaria Prevention Campaign
Oct 15, 2007 News.com: For disruptive technologies, look to material sciences
Sep 26, 2007 MSNBC video: Cleaner water for Africa's poor
MSNBC - The Daily Nightly - Eco-Jargon
Sep 13, 2007 Save the Children addresses immediate survival needs of children and families affected by Hurricane Felix
Aug 27, 2007 Humanitarian effort nets award for boy, 10
Jun 13, 2007 CBS News: Katie: "Invention Of The Century"?
Jun 11, 2007 Newsweek: $3 Gadget Produces Safe Drinking Water
Jun 07, 2007 LifeStraw®: Personal Water Purification Tool
May 20, 2007 Just Design - LifeStraw®
May 18, 2007 Gimme Innovative Shelter - LifeStraw®
May 08, 2007 Design for the rest of the world: LifeStraw®
Mar 30, 2007 World Ark - Clean water for $10
Mar 24, 2007 LE MONDE: Drinking water for all?
Feb 01, 2007 FastCompany.Com - The 2007 Fast 50 - Vestergaard Frandsen
Dec 11, 2006 FORTUNE: Tools for better living
Oct 01, 2006 CNN Coverage - President's Malaria Initiative - country announcement (video clip)
CNBC Coverage - Interview with Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen (video clip)
Sep 28, 2006 BBC Coverage - LifeStraw® at Wired NextFest (video clip)
PBS Coverage - LifeStraw® at Wired NextFest (video clip)
Sep 01, 2006 CNN Coverage - LifeStraw® (video clip)
Documentary - Scientists without Borders (video clip)
Jul 16, 2006 Reader's Digest: LifeStraw® is "Europe's Best Invention"
Apr 10, 2006 Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Re-Development Conference and Exhibition: DIHAD 2006
Apr 07, 2006 LifeStraw® wins the Well-Tech Award 2006 for Innovative Technology
Feb 17, 2006 Profit for a Good Purpose(English translation of an article published in Danish magazine Berlingske Nyhedsmagasin)
Feb 01, 2006 Forbes: Ten Things That Will Change The Way We Live - LifeStraw
Dec 26, 2005 FORBES Magazine (USA): A Fine Mesh - Mikkel Vestergaard Frandsen's textiles make a good profit by doing good. But suppose the funding dries up?
Dec 01, 2005 Esquire Magazine (USA): Innovations of the Year - LifeStraw®
Popular Science (USA): Vestergaard Frandsen LifeStraw® - A $5 Water Purifier for the Masses
The LifeStraw - the invention of the century?
Nov 25, 2005 Financial Times (Kenya): More Than Technology: Simple Solutions for Complex Health Problems
Nov 01, 2005 TIME.com: 'Best Inventions 2005: Healthy Options'
Oct 26, 2005 Financial Times (USA): 'A responsible profit from the war on malaria'
Sep 23, 2005 LifeStraw® wins the prestigious INDEX: 2005 Award
Apr 07, 2005 Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Re-Development Conference and Exhibition: DIHAD 2005
Feb 01, 2005 An Historic Partnership: The ultimate assault on childhood killer diseases
Vestergaard Frandsen East Africa celebrates 10-year anniversary
Million+ mosquito nets to be imported
Ministry of Health to distribute over a Million nets
Dec 13, 2004 Togo Fishing Village Reached by Measles Initiative
Jun 04, 2004 Fantastic plastic? malaria control in refugee camps using insecticide-treated tarpaulins
Apr 20, 2004 Fight Against Malaria- Insecticide Treated Nets Saving Children's Lives
Fight Against Malaria- Why Use Long Lasting Nets
A Mosquito Net that Helps Save Lives
Involving Children in Fighting Malaria Malaria Prevention Project Scoring Success in Kisii
Insecticide Treated Nets
Mar 02, 2004 Netmark Brings Long-Lasting Insecticide Net To Market
PermaNet 2.0 Receives World Health Organization (WHO) Recommendation
Jun 04, 2004 Fantastic plastic? malaria control in refugee camps using insecticide-treated tarpaulins
Oct 20, 2003 From Work Clothes to Disease Control Textiles
From Work Clothes to Disease Control Textiles (In Danish)
Sep 05, 2003 Growth plan replaced family board
Growth plan replaced family board (In Danish)