Pulitzer Prize winner and writer Laurie Garrett has come up with a conception frame work for “Doc in a Box” (pictured above)—an endeavor to retrofit shipping containers into health clinics that could be delivered to under-served communities around the world.
|  |
| Doc in a Box? |
|
| Listen to the:
|
 |
| In most poor countries around the world, there’s a huge shortage of doctors. Pulitzer Prize winning science writer Laurie Garrett was thinking about this problem when she came up with “doc-in-a-box.” While the idea is still in its early stages, a prototype clinic was developed in Haiti earlier this year. Laurie Garrett believes container clinics ultimately could make portable medicine a reality for those countries that need it most. |
|
Click on the links below for more information:
Laurie Garrett's Website
The Challenge of Global Health
Photos of "Doc in a Box" Prototype
|
|
Copyright © 2012 World Vision . All rights reserved