title: How to transform the practice of engineering to meet global health needs.
abstract: More of the world's population has access to cell phones than to basic sanitation facilities, a gap that can only be closed if the engineering and international aid communities adopt new approaches to design for scarcity and scalability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Deb
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Niemeier
authors.affiliation: Electrical Engineering Department, The Malawi Polytechnic, University of Malawi, Chichiri, Blantyre, Malawi.
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gombachika
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA. rkortum@rice.edu.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Richards-Kortum
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D011364:Professional Practice; D012498:Sanitary Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D014881:Water Supply