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Ending Needless Blindness in Mexico: My Internship with salaUno
This post was written by MBA student Tim Morilla in October 2014. 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 […]
My Internship Developing Operation Models to Increase Physician Access in Rural India
This post was written by Duke MBA student Cristina Arellano in October 2014. Cristina spent her 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 the Summer Internship Fund. I spent my summer in India as an MBA Summer Associate working with […]
Pitching Investors in Global Health: Funding Lessons From Social Entrepreneurs
This article by Cathy Clark and Lila Cruikshank was originally posted on the Huffington Post Blog in March 2014. 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 […]
Summer Internship: Using Mobile Technology to Distribute Affordable Healthcare in Kenya
This post was written by Colby Warner, a second year Duke MBA student, in October 2013. Colby worked with the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD) and Changamka this summer with support from the Summer Internship Fund. When I wrote my application essays last year, I romanticized about a career where I could use my […]
Summer Internship: Building a School Health Program in Rural India
This post was written in August 2013 by Zack Kaplan, a rising second year, who interned the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD) with the support of the Summer Internship Fund. When people in the United States speak about healthcare, they usually focus on problems such as billions in wasted dollars, provision of unnecessary […]
The Challenges of Global Health
Dr. Krishna Udayakumar gave this TED-style talk as part of CASE’s 10th anniversary celebration in December 2012. “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.” That is how Dr. Krishna Udayakumar – a Fuqua alum […]