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• A tribute to CK Prahalad - The Tanzania Global Health Innovation Sandbox*
  on Apr 18, 2010 in Social entrepreneurship Base of the Pyramid CK Prahalad
  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 Magic
  on Apr 5, 2010 in MIT Olympus Tanzania Harvard HST939 Sustainable Innovation
  2010 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 Tanzania
  on Feb 14, 2010 in Tanzania rheumatic heart disease Bienmoyo Public Service
  In 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!!!
  on Jan 25, 2010 in Medical Technologies Health Care Reform Health Care IT Obama Administration
  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 Jan 3, 2010 in Man on the Moon JFK health care innovation childhood poverty
  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.
  on Aug 17, 2009 in Health Insurance Health Care Reform Value Chain Obama Administration
  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 Forward
  on Jun 15, 2009 in New Yorker US Health care Atul Gawande Quality Improvement IHI Obama Administration
  Dr. 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 Farmer
  on May 17, 2009 in Partners in Health Paul Farmer diagnostics global health Politics Obama Administration
  I 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 Reflection
  on May 10, 2009 in Malnutrition health systems Nicholas Kristof rheumatic heart disease malaria Root Cause Maternal and child health childhood pneumonia NYT Lance Laifer
  We 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 Projects
  on May 8, 2009 in successful tips Social impact Weekly Reporting International SOS Common Sense Global Health Delivery Humility
  In 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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