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<dd><a title="User:Mika" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mika">Mika</a> contacted Jim Yom Kim. Hasn't heard back in a while. He may be a bit too busy to get involved at this point. February, 2008 <br><br></dd></dt>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Arjun Sarwal <<a href="mailto:arjun@laptop.org">arjun@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Benjamin,<br><br>I remember somewhat off the top of my head that you did tell me about<br>contacting some organization some time back. Was it any of these ?<br>
<br>thanks<br>Arjun<br>
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<div class="Wj3C7c"><br>On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Edward Cherlin <<a href="mailto:echerlin@gmail.com">echerlin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Tom Boonsiri <<a href="mailto:tom.boonsiri@gmail.com">tom.boonsiri@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Has anyone made contact with the following groups?<br>> ><br>> > Partners in Health (PIH): Fight to bring healthcare equity worldwide<br>> > and mobilize awareness of health in prevalent and treatable health<br>
> > issues. PIH brings a type of community based care to struggling<br>> > populations worldwide mainly through healthcare provider/clinician<br>> > training for work in certain regional areas. Focus centers exist in<br>
> > South America, USA, Africa, Russia. NOTE: We should definitely find<br>> > substantial contact information from this group, especially health<br>> > clinicians well versed with problems we might face or need to address.<br>
><br>> I have had previous contact with Paul Farmer, who expressed interest<br>> in telemedicine. We can now talk to them about many more FOSS health<br>> applications. When I e-mailed PIH headquarters to suggest a<br>
> partnership, I didn't get a response. This would be a good time to try<br>> again through our wider network.<br>><br>> > International Medical Corps (IMC): Nonprofit, global group dedicated<br>> > to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training<br>
> > and relief and development programs. Its mission is to improve the<br>> > quality of life through health interventions and related activities<br>> > that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide.<br>
> > Includes thousands of trained medical staff. Primary focus in<br>> > disaster relief it seems, but also sustaining improved health care and<br>> > way of life after such an event for the long term. NOTE: Key group to<br>
> > contact may be Health Technical Unit (HTU). They seem to be the group<br>> > that evaluates new ideas with respect to IMC's technical/medical<br>> > capability. They may have strong medical/engineering staff.<br>
><br>> Sounds good. I don't know them.<br>><br>> How about Médecins sans Frontières?<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Health mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:Health@lists.laptop.org">Health@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
> > <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health</a><br>> ><br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> Edward Cherlin<br>> End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business<br>
> <a href="http://www.earthtreasury.org/" target="_blank">http://www.EarthTreasury.org/</a><br>> "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>
> Health mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:Health@lists.laptop.org">Health@lists.laptop.org</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health" target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/health</a><br>
><br><br><br><br></div></div><font color="#888888">--<br>Arjun Sarwal<br><a href="http://dev.laptop.org/~arjs" target="_blank">http://dev.laptop.org/~arjs</a><br></font>
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