Scientists are using solar powered MP3 players to fight diarrhea in the rainforest

URIDU, a German non-profit social enterprise, is using educational and inspirational music in the fight against the spread of diarrhea in remote regions of the Central African Republic and Congo. The songs, which are played using the solar-powered MP3 players URIDU developed, are used to sensitize the Aka communities found the CAR and Congo’s rainforests and are performed by indigenous musicians. Previously, in 2017, URIDU used theor solar-powered MP3 players to provide health education to women who can’t read in rural parts of Tanzania. “Our goal is to develop technologies that provide health literacy to the illiterate,” explains Marcel Heyne, the founder of…

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