Tag: IPIHD
Welcome to the 2015 SEAD Innovators!
The Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD), of which CASE is a partner, is proud to announce the 2015 cohort of innovators. These eight innovators now bring the SEAD network to 25 innovators in East Africa, India, and Latin America. From innovative approaches to healthcare access to technology development, our newest innovators all have the potential […]
Ending Needless Blindness in Mexico
This post was written by second year MBA student Tim Morilla. During this summer Tim interned at salaUno, an eye care clinic in Mexico that seeks to offer high quality eye care service at affordable prices. Tim’s internship was supported by the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD), the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke […]
Developing Operation Models to Increase Physician Access in Rural India
This post was written by second year Duke MBA student, Cristina Arellano. Cristina spent this past summer in India interning with SughaVazhvu – one of the current Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD) innovators. Cristina’s internship was made possible with the support of CASE’s Summer Internship Fund (learn more about SIF at the bottom of this post). I spent my summer […]
Pitching Investors in Global Health: Funding Lessons From Social Entrepreneurs
This post is written by Cathy Clark and Lila Cruikshank. This article was originally posted on the Huffington Post Blog. Over the past decade, business models serving the base of the pyramid (BOP) customers have attracted increased attention. At the same time, major development agencies and foundations have identified the public health segments of the Millennium […]
Can you hear me now? Medtronic partners with ClickMedix to diagnose and treat ear infections in India
Ting Shih is the Founder and CEO of ClickMedix, a global mobile connected health (mHealth) social enterprise aimed at addressing various global healthcare challenges. ClickMedix is one of the innovators in SEAD‘s inaugural class. This article was originally published on IPIHD.org – read the original blog post here. Deafness and hearing loss are two of the most […]
Finding ‘Bright Spots’ to Reach Scale
Anne Katherine Wales is Project Manager at International Partnerships for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD) and a member of the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD) team. This article was originally published on NextBillion.net – read the original post here. Every day at noon I headed to lunch on Duke University’s West Campus quad. Surrounded by […]
Using Mobile Technology to Distribute Affordable Healthcare in Kenya
This post was written by Colby Warner, a second year Duke MBA student. Colby worked with the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD) and Changamka this summer with support from the CASE Summer Internship Fund (learn more about SIF at the bottom of this post!). When I wrote my application essays last year, I romanticized about […]
Building a School Health Program in Rural India
This post was written by Zack Kaplan, a rising second year, who interned this summer with the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD) with the support of CASE’s Summer Internship Fund (learn more about SIF at the bottom on this post!) When people in the United States speak about healthcare, they usually focus on […]
The Challenges of Global Health
Dr. Krishna Udayakumar gave this TED-style talk as part of CASE’s 10th anniversary celebration in December 2012. To read more posts on CASE’s anniversary celebration, click here! “If you are born in some places in sub-saharan Africa, you can expect to live less than half as long as someone who is born in Western Europe.” […]
Introducing the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke!
We are excited to officially announce that Duke has been awarded $10M by the US Agency for International Development to launch the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke! This award is part of a new initiative of USAID, the Higher Education Solutions Network, which aims to leverage the power of universities to create breakthrough development solutions. The […]