Institute assumes tasks of a WHO Collaborating Center (WHO-CC) Implementation Research - Kontrast Personalberatung assists in filling position The research institute from Hamburg will establish the department of implementation research and, with the new professorship of tropical medicine, set up a new internationally staffed section that will conduct cross-disease and multidisciplinary research. Implementation research, considered highly relevant by the World Health Organization (WHO) and science academies, is critical to successful disease control and eradication. This... Source: RealWire

100 million[1] Indians own crypto, the largest number of crypto owners in the world Cardiff, UK – December 3, 2021-- Coincover, one of the world’s leading providers of protection for cryptocurrency, today announced that Belfrics India has selected Coincover’s technology to help safeguard its clients’ crypto assets against fraud and theft. Belfrics is a global blockchain and cryptocurrency exchange firm. Its multi-feature trading platform for digital assets and cryptocurrencies includes Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple... Source: RealWire

USA ranked #1 in technology and #4 overall in global ‘Network Readiness Index’ Washington DC, 2 December 2021 – America’s digital economy has been ranked as the fourth-best in the world in a major new study – and number one in technology. These high rankings – a significant improvement compared to the same study a year earlier – were driven by the positive contribution technology made to the country’s economic prosperity and social development. The... Source: RealWire

UK ranked 10th overall in new Network Readiness Index (NRI) report by Portulans Institute London, UK, 2 December 2021 – The UK has been named as one of the top ten ‘network-ready’ countries in the Global Network Readiness Index (NRI) 2021. This ranking reflects how the use of technology in the country is positively contributing to economic growth, social development and environmental sustainability. The 2021 edition of the Network Readiness Index (NRI) is published by... Source: RealWire

Latest Network Readiness Index ranks world’s most ‘network ready’ markets Washington DC, 2 December 2021 - The latest results and rankings of the Network Readiness Index (NRI) were released today by the Portulans Institute, revealing how countries around the world are leveraging information technologies to emerge from the COVID pandemic and become ‘network ready’. This latest edition – the third compiled by the Portulans Institute since taking over the Index from the World Economic Forum... Source: RealWire