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“Bring technology to me, not to a low-resource setting.”

If you want to help save the world, look for a problem to solve in your own back yard

SwitchPoint is a one-of-a-kind conference and a unique opportunity to learn, share ideas, and hear about global and mobile health efforts around the world.

In this era of the meme and the like and the retweet, I never tire of stories about people who have built something incredible out of nothing, especially when they have built it to help someone else.

Last Friday, I sat in the beautiful Haw River Ballroom in the enchanting town of Saxapahaw, North Carolina, with hundreds of eclectic, savvy, and well-traveled individuals at SwitchPoint 2012—IntraHealth’s first annual conference, retreat, and concert on innovation and global health.

Switchpoint brings together thought leaders from all over the world and asks them to apply their best thinking to the challenge of global health.

It is fundamental that international NGOs and development practitioners start to work differently, and that is what SwitchPoint is all about.