Grant Miller: Team approach to international health

Grant Miller, associate professor of medicine, has been working to help residents of a state in India access micro nutrients that they are lacking. The work, which involves a fortified rice, includes several Indian ministries, non-profit organizations, and faculty from across Stanford campus to assess and support the collaborative effort. He says the collaborative community and institutes at Stanford help projects like this succeed.

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Interesting and ambitious goal. 80 million people in Tamil Nadu and you are trying to distribute free fortified rice to the population. This is more than political science and public health. This deal with significant economic impact and financial sustainability. It will create social impacts (unfair practice) to other surrounding region. I don't think this endeavor is politically and economically sustainable for the long run. Who is footing the bill? The idea is noble nevertheless.