BioBusiness !

It was raining. Prof was late. So did I.

"Ouch". That was the first word I said when I heard the word BioBusiness. Though I was not interested in this topic at first, I found the presentation of my peers quite eye-catching.

Firstly, we watched two parts of a video summarizing key innovations in wellness and disease management. That was a great, concise, worth-watching video, considering that it was made by Prof's former students. What a way to start the lesson

Then, Prof showed us some surprising data about global burden of disease. What have been the leading causes of death and disability in 1990 are now changing. Lower respiratory infections or diarrhea diseases that have been the two leading causes of death in 1990 now are the fifth and sixth cause of death and disability in 2000. This improvement proves us one thing : there has been a significant progress in improving world's general health. However, it is far too early to stop what we have been doing so far.

Peer's presentation :
Ethan's presentation is so far the best presentation our class have. The slides were awesomely neat and organized. The content itself was concise and interesting. mHealth or mobile health is indeed very useful in developed countries. However, we have to consider the fact that the global health improvement plan is dedicated to developing countries, which hardly can afford mobile phones or internet to be implemented globally. Well, in a nutshell, I think the concept of mHealth is innovative. Mobile phone has now become a necessity, instead of a luxury like it used to be.

Future possible discussion :
What do you think as students, or Profs, can we do to improve our own health? To do big things, we have to start from the small ones.

I will rate this session 6/10 since I honestly don't really have an interest for this subtopic...