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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

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

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

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

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 * 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
+* Groups already participating
 ** UNICEF
 *** Materials for kids, like pictures
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 ** PIH
 *** Kits for health workers
+*** Based here in Boston
+** KSG
+*** Prof. Calestous Juma - health and sustainable agriculture, OLPC foundation board, helps pitch to international organizations
+** [http://www.facmed.utoronto.ca/ Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto]
+***"We have lots of material" and high-level administrators there are interested in providing it to us.  Similar interest from the Faculty of Dentistry (2007-05-16).
+***Contact Mike Fletcher (mcfletch@vrplumber.com) for contact details.
+** Health Ministries of target countries {{Status green countries}}
+*** Argentina - [http://www.msal.gov.ar/ Ministerio de Salud de la Nación]
+*** Brazil - [http://www.saude.gov.br/ Ministério da Saúde]
+*** Libya - ''unkown''
+*** Nigeria - [http://www.nigeria.gov.ng/fed_min_health.aspx Federal Ministry of Health]
+*** Rwanda - ''unknown''
+*** Thailand - [http://www.moph.go.th/ Ministry of Public Health]
+*** Uruguay - [http://www.msp.gub.uy/ Ministerio de Salud Pública]
 * Ways they help