“You can try to distribute massive amounts of drugs, but there is no way that the pipeline can work unless the shelter and physical infrastructure is in place,” explains Murphy. “It’s part of the role of a designer to seek out problems that we didn’t know we had to solve.” Tuberculosis, for instance, is a .4-micron-sized bacteria nearly eradicated in richer countries, but still runs rampant in developing nations, infecting over 2 billion people and killing over 1.7 million each year. Both inadequate drug distribution and poor design of facilities have resulted in the emergence of highly drug-resistant strands that plague these communities, with little hope for relief without infrastructural channels. Photo 3 of 14 in Architecture Delivery to Rwanda by Tiffany Chu

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“You can try to distribute massive amounts of drugs, but there is no way that the pipeline can work unless the shelter and physical infrastructure is in place,” explains Murphy. “It’s part of the role of a designer to seek out problems that we didn’t know we had to solve.” Tuberculosis, for instance, is a .4-micron-sized bacteria nearly eradicated in richer countries, but still runs rampant in developing nations, infecting over 2 billion people and killing over 1.7 million each year. Both inadequate drug distribution and poor design of facilities have resulted in the emergence of highly drug-resistant strands that plague these communities, with little hope for relief without infrastructural channels.