BTB in the News
A Lab in a Backpack
11/11/2009 A Transitioning Technologies from Labs to LDCs Workshop attendee reflects upon the point-of-care technologies covered by speakers, the panel discussion on regulatory issues, Beyond Traditional Borders, and student global health technologies.[full story]
Life-saving technologies featured at Nov. 6 workshop: International experts to share health care design successes at Rice
10/29/2009 Lack of access to basic health care in the developing world is a global crisis. For example, it's estimated that 24 million children still don't have access to immunizations, that a simple diagnostic for tuberculosis could save 400,000 lives per year and that prevention of waterborne diseases could free up half of the world’s hospital beds.
To explore issues surrounding the design and dissemination of health technology in the developing world, Rice 360º: Institute for Global Health Technologies and Rice's Beyond Traditional Borders initiative are hosting "Transitioning Technologies from Labs to Least-Developed Countries" Nov. 6.[full story]
The Way I See It: Beyond Traditional Borders opened my eyes to the world
08/20/2009 BTB graduate, Sophie Kim, reflects upon how her BTB internship experience in Lesotho opened her eyes to the world. She was among the first class of seven BTB interns that traveled to sub-Saharan Africa two years ago.[full story]
BTB summer interns are back online: Students blogging experiences in developing world
06/11/2009 In what's rapidly becoming a summer tradition, undergraduates from Rice's Beyond Traditional Borders (BTB) program are back online, blogging their summer internship experiences from far-flung parts of the globe.
With 21 BTB interns traveling the globe this summer, there's plenty to read. [full story]
Beyond Traditional Borders students spreading warmth around the world this summer
06/06/2009 Rice University students are spreading warmth around the world as they bring their plans for the Hot Cot - a low-cost warming crib for neonatal care - to developing nations this summer.
A team of recent Rice graduates spent the school year refining the Hot Cot to make it cheap and easy to build as many places in the world as possible while maximizing benefits to infants. [full story]
Have tiny microscope, will travel
05/12/2009 The backbreaking work of delivering medical care to those in need will get a little less so if the next version of Rice University's Lab-in-a-Backpack incorporates a compact, yet powerful microscope that weighs about a pound.
Andy Miller, a senior bioengineering student at Rice, designed the microscope that will nestle among the other diagnostic supplies in the pack - a product of Rice 360° and Beyond Traditional Borders international health initiatives. [full story]
Houston students make microloans, gain a personal stake in global issues
02/11/2009 College students, while recognized for their zeal to make a difference in the world, are not usually thought of as capitalist benefactors. They're much more likely to be on the receiving end of loans and financial aid.
But several Houston students have found a way to change the world and use their own money to do it, by investing modest sums in small entrepreneurial ventures in impoverished countries. And it works. [full story]
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