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HansRosling

  1. Iraq, Palestine, Serbia & Lebanon get 5-10 fold more aid per capita than Ethiopia & Malawi that are much much poorer! www.bit.ly/d93fFU 12 minutes ago via web
  2. Estimated Cambodian life expectancy drop caused by the Khmer Rough horror was worse than the worst HIV effect in Swaziland www.bit.ly/dkOm6r 3:15 PM Jul 25th via web
  3. Swedish TV, SVT2 sends the documentary on my lectures at 20.00 tonight http://is.gd/dHq34 Soon it will be on Youtube with subtitles in ENG 10:12 AM Jul 25th via web
  4. It is not HIV, but may be conflict-minerals in my iPhone http://is.gd/dFT3L that keeps Congo down in misery www.bit.ly/c56Xfe 11:09 PM Jul 24th via web
  5. HIV lowered South African Life Expectancy to 52 years but WW´s took Germany below 50 & potato famine Ireland to 20 years www.bit.ly/aVLWNj 2:56 PM Jul 21st via web
  6. If < 6% of children dies (yellow bubble) women get 2 children even in low income countries, population growth can end 2050http://is.gd/dyxtQ 2:26 PM Jul 19th via web
  7. World population may stop growing at 9 billion in 2050, See how in http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth.html 11:14 AM Jul 9th via web
  8. This is the master, Jason Wishnow, talking in a lecture video about how he shoot the TED lecture videos http://vimeo.com/12140086 2:55 PM Jul 8th via web
  9. The how-to video about Gapminder Desktop can also be viewed on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duGLdEzlIrs 7:00 AM Jul 6th via web
  10. Learn to present global trends with moving graphics! See the 3-minute video about Gapminder Desktop here: www.gapminder.org/desktop/ 6:02 AM Jul 6th via web
  11. All 4 in semifinal have GDP/capita above 10 000 USD. It is a miracle if Uruguay with 1/4 of income & people of NL wins! www.bit.ly/bXc1Jt. 4:21 PM Jul 4th via web
  12. A version in Swedish of my TEDindia talk: Rise of Asia, video provided by Swedish television http://ur.se/samtiden/sa-ser-varlden-ut-2048/ 3:19 PM Jul 2nd via web
  13. Life in Uruguay is longer than in Ghana, but 1930 when Uruguay won World Cup life was shorter than it is now in Ghana www.bit.ly/cAZFLS 10:34 AM Jul 1st via web
  14. Of remaining countries in World Cup the Latin Americans are closer to European than to Ghana in wealth & health www.bit.ly/9KOIxS 3:17 PM Jun 30th via web
  15. Portugal vs Spain? Judging from child mortality Portugal has catched up and now has as healthy children as Spain www.bit.ly/ddaW7y 8:44 AM Jun 29th via web
  16. New estimates shows: 200 children (1 month to 5 years old) die daily from pneumonia in Afghanistan, In Vietnam only 3! www.bit.ly/cDLBDY 11:55 PM Jun 27th via web
  17. Maternal death ratio from pregnancy fell miraculous in Sri Lanka at low income per person www.bit.ly/cfzeB9, World Champ in Maternal Health! 2:17 PM Jun 27th via web
  18. US vs Ghana, 10 times the population & 30 times the incomemay help US? Watch Gapminder World Cup; facts behind the game www.bit.ly/bSqpID 9:00 AM Jun 26th via web
  19. Karin is croupier and I am sportscaster when Gapminder runs Global Casino that Daniel is developing http://is.gd/d4e7u 5:08 PM Jun 25th via web
  20. New Zealand and Paraguay are very different in health and wealth, how will it be in football, www.bit.ly/9s2zAq 4:51 PM Jun 23rd via web
  • Name Hans Rosling
  • Location Stockholm, Sweden
  • Web http://www.gapmin...
  • Bio Professor Global Health and Director of Gapminder Foundation
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