Resources (M-Heal)

Base of the Pyramid: Business Innovation for Solving Society's Problems [Strategy 445 / BIT 445] is an undergraduate elective business school course.
BA 612: Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid. Click here to view the 2009 Schedule. View the 2008 syllabus here.
College of Engineering Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, a new program from the Center for Entrepreneurship (http://cfe.engin.umich.edu/)

University of Michigan Medical School Global Reach
World Medical Relief is where we repair locally donated medical supplies destined for the developing world.

Avishai B. "What is Business's Social Compact?" Harvard Business Review. Jan-Feb 1994. 38-48
Malkin RA. "Design of Health Care Technologies for the Developing World." Annu Rev Biomed Eng. 2007. 9:567–87.
NYT article on using car parts to develope a neonatal incubator. Similar design philosophy as our surgical lamp.
Prahalad CK, Hammond A. "Serving the World's Poor Profitably." Harvard Business Review. Sept 2002. 48-57
Prahalad CK. The Forture at the Bottom of the Pyriamid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits. Wharton School Publishing Paperbacks. 2006.

Clinton Global Initiative University and the related My Commitment are projects lead by President Clinton to encourage universisty students to take part in and discuss global challenges.
Design that Matters is a 501c3 design firm that works on projects for social enterprises in developing countries.
Dr. Yamada's talk on 1-20-2009 at the William David Institue/Ross School of Business. He is exeuctive director of the Gate's Foundation program in Global Health and was formerly chair of the Deparment of Internal Medicine at UM.
Engineering World Health is an organization with similar aims to M-Heal.
Ernest Madu: Bringing World-Class Health Care to the Poorest - a TED talk streaming video
REMEDY is a not-for-profit oragnization promoting the recovery of unused medical supplies. We hope to start this initiative at UM.

Duke University Engineering World Health Summer Institute - EWH summer program.
WDI Global Impact Internship Program - UM William Davidson Institute
UMMS Student Biomedical Research Program. A program for University of Michigan Medical School students for 10 weeks of summer funding between M1 and M2 year.
Whitaker International Fellows and Scholars Program
AIDE - Medical Internship s Abroad. A representative from this organization has contacted us and encouraged M-Heal members to apply for a summer internship.