Poverty, Health, and Human Rights Series
Sanjay Basu
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
A series of lectures and films focused on ways to relieve human suffering caused by poverty, disease, war and natural disasters. Topics include AIDS, landmines, refugee problems, and sweatshop actions, with a focus on student participation and current MIT initiatives.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/utr/www
Contact: Julia de Kadt, x5-1773, juliad@mit.edu
AIDS: Drugs, Politics, and Prospects
Sanjay Basu
A discussion of new solutions to the AIDS pandemic in resource-poor settings, covering initiatives like directly observed therapy for highly active antiretroviral therapy, featuring a speaker from Partners in Health. This session will also include information on MIT student initiatives to get AIDS drugs to Haiti and Africa.
Fri Jan 11, 01-03:00pm, 3-133
International Refugee Crises
Sanjay Basu
Fri Jan 18, 01-03:00pm, 3-133
Landmines
Sanjay Basu
A lecture by the Nobel Peace Prize-winning group Physicians for Human Rights.
Fri Jan 25, 01-03:00pm, 3-133
Sweatshop Labor and MIT Clothing
Sanjay Basu
A panel discussion on solutions to problems of labor abuse featuring a number of MIT Professors with expertise in the area.
Fri Feb 1, 01-03:00pm, 3-133
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