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Article: A Simple Way to Save Lives as Covid-19 Hits Poorer Nations
By Donald G. McNeil Jr. June 23, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic hits more impoverished countries with fragile health care systems, global health authorities are scrambling for supplies of a simple treatment that saves lives: oxygen.
Many patients severely ill with Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, require help with breathing at some point. But now the epidemic is spreading rapidly in South Asia, Latin America and parts of Africa, regions of the world where many hospitals are poorly equipped and lack the ventilators, tanks and other equipment necessary to save patients whose lungs are failing.
The World Health Organization is hoping to raise $250 million to increase oxygen delivery to those regions. The World Bank and the African Union are contributing to the effort, and some medical charities are seeking donations for the cause.
The W.H.O. estimated on Wednesday that with about one million new coronavirus cases worldwide per week, the world will need 620,000 cubic meters of oxygen per day, or 88,000 large cylinders.
By a stroke of luck, the W.H.O., UNICEF and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2017 began searching for ways to increase oxygen delivery in poor and middle-income countries — not in anticipation of a pandemic, but because oxygen can save the lives of premature infants and children with pneumonia.
The organizations began ordering equipment in January, but within weeks suppliers were swamped by the sudden surge in demand created by the pandemic.
Life Sciences Consulting Information Session
Monday, August 24th 2020, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT
Artisan is hosting a virtual information session for students interested in pursuing a career in life sciences consulting. The session will include information on the day-to-day role of a life sciences consultant as well as the types of work that we do. During the session we will walk you through the general application and interview process for most consulting firms and give you some tips and tricks that can help you during these interviews. There will also be a Q&A session at the end of the presentation to make sure we answer all of your specific questions!
Organization: Artisan Healthcare Consulting is a management consulting firm that provides strategic insights to healthcare product companies. We bring expertise in some of the most complex healthcare markets and in quantitative techniques to evaluate our clients’ opportunities and performance. Artisan leadership has helped clients ranging from global pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device companies with billion-dollar brands to emerging, venture backed organizations that are just beginning to evaluate how to commercialize or partner their products. We are founded on the belief that a consulting company should exceed expectations – every time.
Check out this alum who works there: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriela-sanders/
Hot EDUCATION Handshake Weekly Internships and Jobs
Below is a curated listing of internships and jobs that will expire in the next week. Check them out for any opportunities that you might want to apply to.
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Below is a curated listing of internships and jobs. Check them out for any opportunities that you might want to apply to.
Fall Internship Opportunity: Covid Act Now
Covid Act Now is a non-profit 501(c)(3) startup working on COVID disease intelligence
Covid Act Now is backed by Stanford and Georgetown University, and was built by a multidisciplinary team including former Googlers and other technologists. Our mission is to create a national shared understanding of COVID so that governments, health officials, local decision makers, and the public can make informed decisions in response to the pandemic.
Because two Middlebury students are going back to school, the Partnerships team is looking for full-time interns to help out this fall. This position is ideal for recent grads and students who aren’t returning in the fall.
As a Strategy & Operations interns, you will manage relationships and join calls with many state and local governments and epidemiologists, small businesses, and large corporations such as IBM, who ingests our data to advise the Department of Defense, Netflix, and General Mills. Because Covid Act Now is constantly growing and changing, you will be at the forefront of writing our corporate usage license, as well as several large grants, backed by Massachusetts General Hospital.
Here is the link to a Google doc explaining more about the position. Although it is unpaid, work with Covid Act Now is extremely rewarding.
Food Studies courses list for 2020-2021 is updated!
New intriguing courses! As always if you want an in-person experience, look for “in-person” or “blended”. If you want all-remote, look for “flexible online” or “scheduled online”.
New course: INTD 0121 Community-Connected Learning!
Are you civically-minded and want to impact social change in the community? Consider signing up for this class!
INTD 0121 Community Connected Learning
Community-connected learning supports civic knowledge cultivation, skill building, and identity development. In this course students will apply their relevant coursework to place-based contexts by collaborating with community partners independently or in groups to complete a community-connected learning project that will contribute to the public good. Center for Community Engagement (CCE) instructors will meet with students weekly in cohorts to explore the social issues raised in their experiences. Final projects may take a variety of forms, such as a portfolio, media production, or paper. Students who are not already involved with a CCE program should contact the instructor to be matched with a community partner. 3 hrs. lect.
This is a flexible online class, with the choice between an in-person or online discussion section. CCE instructors will meet with students weekly in cohorts to explore the social issues raised in their experiences. Students who are not already involved with a CCE Program should contact Ashley Laux, at alaux@middlebury.edu, to be matched with a community partner.
Food Policy Panel tomorrow night!
Organized by graduate students at Columbia University, March for Science NYC presents a Food Policy Panel with Dr. Milly Anderson of Middlebury Karen Washington on July 28, 2020 at 6 PM ET.