GES Project Challenge: Solar Autoclaves for Rural Nicaragua

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2009-04-24 07:47:00 UTC
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Summary: This project will enable a local women's group to manufacture and distribute solar medical instrument sterilizers to health clinics without electricity in rural Nicaragua.

Project Needs and Beneficiaries: Nurses of rural health clinics are forced to travel far and often to sterilize their medical instruments. A solar autoclave will allow them to sterilize instruments on-site, thereby spending more time with patients and ensuring the availability of sterile equipment on hand. This project will further the research and development of solar autoclaves, as well as build the capacity of a local women's group, Las Mujeres Solares, to produce and distribute them.

Activities: This project will provide manufacturing, computer, and marketing skills training to members of the local women's group in Nicaragua. It will further the research and development of the solar autoclave by funding on-site research and pilot studies.

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Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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