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Global Health Delivery and Management, now known as 15.S02, is offered H2 Fall 2011

by Anjali Sastry on October 1, 2011

MIT Sloan School of Management
15.S02 Global Health Delivery and Management
Business models for scale and sustainability in low-resource settings

Fall H2 2011: 31 October – 14 December 2011
Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:00-5:30 pm, E62-276

Course team:
Anjali Sastry, Senior Lecturer
Alexandra Geertz, teaching assistant
Shiba Nemat-Nasser, course assistant

 

Interested in how not to fail in getting healthcare to those who most need it in Africa and elsewhere? 15.S02: Global Health Delivery and Management explores what differentiates successful enterprises from those that fall short in delivering healthcare in the most challenging settings. A survey of bottlenecks, constraints, and opportunities sets the context for our investigation of the business model and social enterprise innovations that hold the most promise. We draw on an engaging mix of content, case studies, and class guests to develop our own insights.

Course overview

First offered as 15.965 in the Fall of 2010, this course investigates business models that enable scale and sustainability for health care delivery amid resource constraints. We examine a variety of promising enterprises to understand what differentiates the successful from those that fall short in delivering health care in the most challenging settings. [click to continue…]

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business models in global health

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