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Video: Parent by parent, rebuilding trust in vaccination in Pakistan
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Video: Parent by parent, rebuilding trust in vaccination in Pakistan

Pakistan is facing a polio crisis from unvaccinated children, because health workers are viewed with distrust — if not outright target...

Oct 10, 2014
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Fighters: A sneak peek of session 11 at TEDGlobal 2014
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Fighters: A sneak peek of session 11 at TEDGlobal 2014

Where would we be without our fighters? This session pays tribute to the brave activists who are in the trenches working toward the things t...

Oct 10, 2014
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In case you missed it: Day 3 of TEDGlobal 2014
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In case you missed it: Day 3 of TEDGlobal 2014

Day 3 of TEDGlobal lifted our hearts and brought us new ideas worth spreading. Below, a few of today’s highlights…

Oct 9, 2014
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Embroidery for empowerment: A Q&A with Khalida Brohi that reveals much more of her incredible story
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Embroidery for empowerment: A Q&A with Khalida Brohi that reveals much more of her incredible story

Khalida Brohi grew up traveling between two very different parts of Pakistan: the bustling city of Karachi, where her parents moved so that ...

Oct 9, 2014
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Sideways solutions and inverted explanations: A recap of session 10 of TEDGlobal 2014
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Sideways solutions and inverted explanations: A recap of session 10 of TEDGlobal 2014

The thinkers in this session, “Lateral Action,” don’t go about creating change in the usual ways. Here, their unexpected a...

Oct 9, 2014
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TEDGlobal: The Forest
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TEDGlobal: The Forest

We built a theater for TEDGlobal 2014 and, after the event closes, it will be taken down. And as Chris Anderson admitted at the end of sessi...

Oct 9, 2014
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Lateral Action: A sneak peek of session 10 at TEDGlobal 2014
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Lateral Action: A sneak peek of session 10 at TEDGlobal 2014

Real solutions can emerge from places surprisingly adjacent to the problems they address. This session examines how progress — from villages...

Oct 9, 2014
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Food, water and a few other basic needs: A recap of session 9 of TEDGlobal 2014
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Food, water and a few other basic needs: A recap of session 9 of TEDGlobal 2014

This session is all about “Basic Needs.” Enjoy these talks on food, innovation, sanitation and more. Sipho Moyo puts two images ...

Oct 9, 2014
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Cook the recipe that chef Teresa Corção made on the TEDGlobal stage
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Cook the recipe that chef Teresa Corção made on the TEDGlobal stage

Manioc — otherwise known as yucca, cassava, mogo or tapioca — is a root that hails from Brazil. It’s now found all over the world — it’s the...

Oct 9, 2014
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