Quingan ZhouWhat do I hope to gain from the StartingBloc Fellowship? How will the Fellowship help me to achieve my goals?

StartingBloc Institute for Social InnovationLos Angeles, 2013

Application Essay #1

A Global Health Crisis: Vaccines

2.4 million children die from preventable diseases each year

despite the availability of effective vaccines *

=26 million

children don’t receive the vaccinations that they need each year *

*Sources: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation= 1 million

Quing’s Goal: Digital Solutions for Cost-Effective Vaccines

I want to use digital innovation to store and deliver existing vaccines to target populations as well as accelerate the development of new vaccines.

But how? StartingBloc can help.

Quing’s Motivation: Reduce Suffering & Improve Lives

Millions suffer and die from polio, measles, diarrheal disease, pneumococcal disease, malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, and other vaccine-

preventable diseases. Life-saving vaccines already exist, and I want to deliver them to people who need them.

But how? StartingBloc can help.

StartingBloc #1 Asset: People from Diverse Fields (PDFs)

Techies

Other PDFs

Social Entrepreneurs

Quing

International Development

Gurus

Medical Professionals

Consultants

Getting Real

World Solutions

in One Room

Quing can LEARN from PDFs*

Mohamed, tell me about the medical

landscape in India – I have never been

there!

Bashir, what is the hottest technology

in the mobile health industry?

Rebecca, what is your greatest challenge as a pediatrician?

Gabrielle, how did

you connect with that

local contact in

Kenya?

Paul, what made your

crowdfunding campaign

successful?

Quing*PDFs = People from Diverse Fields

PDFs can help Quing CLARIFY the problem and solutions

Quing, what exactly do you mean by

health innovation?

Quing, why would you want

to focus your efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa and not India?

Quing, how can an MBA help

you progress in this project?

Quing, have you ever considered….?

OtherPDFs

International Development

Gurus

Medical Professionals

Consultants

PDFs can CONNECT Quing with the right networks

Quing

StartingBlocCommunity Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

A mobile app developer at Stanford

A community organizer in India

A like-minded individual who want to tackle the global health crisis of vaccination

Others?

StartingBloc Fellows! Could you please

connect me with…

Because my StartingBloc Fellowship Class can help me:

0LEARN about various fields that might work together0CLARIFY my strategic plan to address the global

health crisis of vaccines0CONNECT me with individuals who can guide me in

my goals

I will be able to contribute to the following future:

A Global Health Crisis: Vaccines

2.4 million deaths PREVENTED each year

=26 million children who DO

receive the vaccinations they need each year