Wear a face mask? Many in the US say no, while in Latin America most say yes
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation COVID-19 infection rates are surging in parts of the United States but Americans are much less likely to wear face masks compared with other regions like Latin America. Why? A survey of 169,000 people in over 100 countries by US-based data company Premise found widely different attitudes to mask wearing across […]
Armed with tech tools, Colombian cities combat mosquito-borne diseases
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Armed with a mobile app, Glenis Barragan has been knocking from door to door in the poor neighbourhoods of Colombia’s northern city of Cucuta, aiming to combat the spread of the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne disease. In the past year, Barragan has helped fellow residents identify and destroy mosquito breeding grounds […]