Hans Rosling
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Science |
| Occupation | Professor of International Health |
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Introduction | Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Discoverd konzo, a new epidemic paralytic disease, when serving as doctor in Mocambique 1979-81. Two decades of research in rural Africa traced the cause to toxic ill-processed cassava roots, hunger and poverty. Co-founded Médecines sans Frontier Sweden. Started courses and wrote textbook on Global Health. Initiated university collaborations with Asia and Africa. Co-founded Gapminder that unveils the beuty of statistics by turning boring numbers into enjoyable animations that make sense of the world. |
| Interests | Fact-based world view |