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* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Davidgreisen David Greisen] |
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Davidgreisen David Greisen] |
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* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Pascal Pascal Scheffers] |
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Pascal Pascal Scheffers] |
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* Matt Keller -- worked for World Food Programme directly, now Europe coordinator for OLPC through World Food Programme |
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== Where we are in terms of getting together awesome health materials == |
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As of 19:18, 19 December 2007 (EST) based on milking Sj's brain |
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* We want materials for kids to teach them about health, their bodies, what it means to get sick |
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* Material that parents can get through their kids when kids take them home |
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** If they kids can learn it, they can teach their families |
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* Groups to include |
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** UNICEF |
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*** Materials for kids, like pictures |
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** WHO |
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*** Prevention kits for epidemics (e.g. cholera) |
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** World Food Programme |
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*** Agriculture |
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*** Water testing manuals -- made for field workers but simple enough for amateurs |
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** PIH |
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*** Kits for health workers |
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* Ways they help |
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** Free rights to books when possible |
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*** Many organizations have materials for health workers but not for kids |
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*** Have to overcome the legal barriers |
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**** UNICEF has been extra awesome at getting over these |
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**** Explain OLPC's mission |
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**** No special licenses |
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**** No copyrights |
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**** Each country can decide for themselves how to make a handbook from the pool of materials appropriate for that country's needs |
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** Avdocacy & outreach |
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** Encouraging others to get laptops |
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Revision as of 00:18, 20 December 2007
Summary of me
- Helping coordinate content pertaining to health
- safe drinking water
- sanitation & hygene
- HIV/AIDS
- other infectious diseases
- childbirth
- women's health
- An MIT Ph.D. candidate working on a delivery system for an HIV vaccine antigen in development at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
- Water/sanitation experience
- Worked on solar water disinfection (SoDis) through MIT D-Lab and IDEAS developing a collapsible plastic bag alternative to soda bottles
- Performed materials analysis (porosimetry, electron microscopy) on silver-seeded ceramic pot filters made by Potters for Peace, Nicaragua
- Small-scale field work in the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal performing water quality testing
- Languages
- Spanish (fluent)
- Russian (native speaker)
- Fun facts
- MA certified volunteer EMT-B with MIT Ambulance since 2002
- Host a weekly radio talk show called In Vivo on WMBR 88.1FM
I wish I knew you
- Mitchell N. Charity
- Seth Woodworth
- David Greisen
- Pascal Scheffers
- Matt Keller -- worked for World Food Programme directly, now Europe coordinator for OLPC through World Food Programme
Where we are in terms of getting together awesome health materials
As of 19:18, 19 December 2007 (EST) based on milking Sj's brain
- We want materials for kids to teach them about health, their bodies, what it means to get sick
- Material that parents can get through their kids when kids take them home
- If they kids can learn it, they can teach their families
- Groups to include
- UNICEF
- Materials for kids, like pictures
- WHO
- Prevention kits for epidemics (e.g. cholera)
- World Food Programme
- Agriculture
- Water testing manuals -- made for field workers but simple enough for amateurs
- PIH
- Kits for health workers
- UNICEF
- Ways they help
- Free rights to books when possible
- Many organizations have materials for health workers but not for kids
- Have to overcome the legal barriers
- UNICEF has been extra awesome at getting over these
- Explain OLPC's mission
- No special licenses
- No copyrights
- Each country can decide for themselves how to make a handbook from the pool of materials appropriate for that country's needs
- Avdocacy & outreach
- Encouraging others to get laptops
- Free rights to books when possible