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Improving sanitation for the world’s most vulnerable people

The startup change:WATER Labs, co-founded by Diana Yousef, has leveraged multiple resources at MIT to develop a waterless, standalone toilet that can improve sanitation in low-resource communities. Credits: Image: M. Scott Brauer

News | Feb 23, 2021 | Zach Winn | MIT News Office

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Improving sanitation for the world’s most vulnerable people

0:00 / 1:45 Diana Yousef - change:WATER Labs

Diana Yousef of change:WATER Labs

Video | Feb 20, 2018 | Cartier Women's Initiative

Cartier Women's Initiative
0:00 / 1:45 Diana Yousef - change:WATER Labs

Creating Hope in Conflict

SurgiBox surgical theater in a back pack (left) and change:WATER toilet prototype (right).

Blog | Jun 04, 2019 | Mark Green, USAID Administrator

Medium | USAID
Creating Hope in Conflict

Q&A with Debbie Lin Teodorescu of SurgiBox

Surgical gloves incorporated into the SurgiBox

News | Dec 15, 2018 | Design Museum London

Design Museum London
Q&A with Debbie Lin Teodorescu of SurgiBox

UK funded inflatable operating theatre set to revolutionise emergency surgery

 The SurgiBox is a patient-sized operating theatre that can be used anywhere Credit: Michael Hughes/Dfid

News | Dec 20, 2018 | Sarah Newey

The Telegraph (UK)
UK funded inflatable operating theatre set to revolutionise emergency surgery

USAID Administrator Green Announces Finalists for the Humanitarian Grand Challenge

SurgiBox (left), change:WATER (right)

News | Sep 25, 2018 | USAID

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USAID Administrator Green Announces Finalists for the Humanitarian Grand Challenge

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