Re-imagining the World in 2050: Equity, Action and Targets
Sandeep Kishore
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
The world in 2012 and 2050| Transformation of a Sick Society
How sick is our society, locally and globally? And who is accountable for it? Together, we will uncover how the distribution of resources and human capital for global health actually works; next, we will identify key opportunities and niches to innovate in the spheres of Equity, Action and Targets.
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Contact: Sandeep Kishore, W11-063, x4-6030, info@thecenter.mit.edu
Sponsor: Tenzin P Shukla, W11-063, 617 324-6030, tenzin@mit.edu
Sandeep Kishore
Mon Jan 23, 05-06:30pm, 2-105
Just say yes to drugs | Essential medicines for the world
Sandeep Kishore
Just say yes to drugs | Essential medicines for the world
How do medicines and vaccines get to people? How does a discovery in a MIT laboratory get translated into a life-saving therapy? And, critically, how do univesity intellectual property decisions and pharmaceutical trade provisions materially affect who gets access to life-saving medicines?
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Wed Jan 25, 05-06:30pm, 2-105
Seun’s Story | The 2014 Winter Olympics, Nigeria, Cancer and You
Sandeep Kishore, Seun Adebiyi
Seun’s Story | The 2014 Winter Olympics, Nigeria, Cancer and You
In 2009, while studying Law at Yale University, Seun Adebiyi was training to become the first athlete to represent Nigeria at the Winter Olympics (sport: Skeleton) when he was diagnosed with two rare and aggressive cancers: lymphoblastic lymphoma and stem-cell leukemia.
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Fri Jan 27, 05-06:30pm, 2-105
Tobacco | A man-made, profit-driven disaster that kills 6 million people annually
Sandeep Kishore, Asaf Bitton
Tobacco | A man-made, profit-driven disaster that kills 6 million people annually
What is the only legal product that knowingly kills over half of its users? And why is the use of this deadly product growing in many of the poorest parts of the world?
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Mon Jan 30, 05-06:30pm, 2-105
War in the Congo & the push for “conflict-free” electronics | Will universities lead?
Sandeep Kishore, Sanjay Kishore
War in the Congo & the push for “conflict-free” electronics | Will universities lead?
Over 10 years ago, concernted activists notified major electronics manufacturers of a perilous connection between the mining of basic minerals in their cellphones and a deadly civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For more information visit http://thecenter.mit.edu
Wed Feb 1, 05-06:30pm, 2-105
Your Turn. Student Roundtable on Solutions to the problems laid out / Recommendations to the UN
Sandeep Kishore
Your Turn. Student Roundtable on Solutions to the problems laid out / Recommendations to the UN
Working groups report-back and present iterated recommendations for the lecturers and the problems described to ensure follow-through & Drafting of recommendations for the UN under Equity, Action and Target domains.
Fri Feb 3, 05-06:30pm, 2-105
Latest update: 28-Nov-2011
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