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Taiwan, Turkey, Columbia University develop app to help refugees

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 25 June, 2020
By: Paula Chao

International Cooperation Development Fund Secretary General Timothy Hsiang (RTI file photo)

Taiwan’s International Cooperation Development Fund has teamed up with Turkey and Columbia University in the US to develop an app that helps Syrian refugees in Turkey gather medical information.

The project began last August and aims to use technology to increase health literacy and health care access for refugees in Turkey. This is the first time that the fund has implemented a humanitarian assistance program in Turkey.    [FULL  STORY]

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