Title :
Duke University-Engineering World Health CUREs Program: Developing: Developing new medical equipment
Author_Institution :
Eng. World Health, Duke Univ., Durham, NC
Abstract :
The Duke University-Engineering World Health Competition for Underserved Resources and Economies (Duke-EWH CUREs) promotes the development of new healthcare technologies and non-profit businesses to help the world´s least developed nations. This paper describes the overall program, and illustrates some of the past successes.
Keywords :
educational technology; health care; Competition for Underserved Resources and Economies; Duke University-Engineering World Health Competition; Duke-EWH CURE; healthcare technology; business plan; design; social entrepreneurship;
Conference_Titel :
Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Developing Countries, 2008. AHT 2008. 5th IET Seminar on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-0-86341-916-4
