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- A tribute to CK Prahalad - The Tanzania Global Health Innovation Sandbox*Noted author and thought leader Laurie Garrett has highlighted in her work that, “Moreover, in all too many cases, aid is tied to short-term numerical targets.” Arguments among pundits may vary, but not many deny the bottom-line; after decades of...
- Olympus 2010 - Humbled, Asante, Challenge, and Magic2010 Olympus Innovation Award Blander AcceptanceNational Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) ConferenceFriday March 26th, 2010http://tinyurl.com/olympus2010Dear distinguished colleagues and friends,I have just a few minutes to make s...
- Happy Valentine’s Day: Healthy Hearts for all - A reflection on 5 years of public service in TanzaniaIn the Fall of 2005, while attending ward rounds one day at the National Hospital in Tanzania I met a 9 year old girl named 'Rosie' being treated for rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Some of you reading this might be wondering how a 9 year old girl acq...
- Health Care Reform We Can Believe in!!!Focusing on expanding health care access is a very noble social goal. But in a fiscally conservative leaning country plagued by debt and recession, access driven models are not winning strategic arguments for passing legislation, winning elections, o...
- Reaching for the ‘moon’, our time is now.On May 25th, 1961 John F. Kennedy laid out a vision for the USA to land an American on the moon and safely return him/her back to earth. JFK realized that landing on the moon was not as important as setting a bold vision that would capture all Americ...
- Public insurance option – Not a magic solution.There has been much debate regarding health care reform and the inclusion of a public option to provide needed competition to the private health insurance industry.While conceptually this sounds like a reasonable idea there are some potential flaws t...
- Gawande and the NYT – A way Forwardon Jun 15, 2009 in New Yorker US Health care Atul Gawande Quality Improvement IHI Obama AdministrationDr. Atul Gawande (The Cost Conundrum, New Yorker Magazine, June 1st 2009) and New York Times (Editorial “Doctors and the Cost of Care”, June 14th 2009) provide very insightful, critical, and constructive commentary on what is potentially wrong wi...
- Why the world and America needs Paul Farmeron May 17, 2009 in Partners in Health Paul Farmer diagnostics global health Politics Obama AdministrationI remember very clearly in March 2004 arriving into Kingston Jamaica. I was just tapped to be a Volunteer Country Director for the Clinton Foundation. The task was to work closely with a team of clinicians, business personnel, and ministry officials...
- Happy Mothers day and ReflectionWe wish you a very happy, wonderful, and happy mothers day.Appropriately Mr. Nicholas Kristof from the NYT has given us a gift of reporting on a condition that effects both mothers and children, yet remains largely under funded with few direct advoca...
- Beware of the Elephants – Common Sense guide for International Social Impact Field ProjectsIn the last several years there has been an exponential increase in the number of graduate and undergraduate students working on social impact projects in developing country settings. Many of these programs are short term engagements that last betwee...
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