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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to share with you\Nsomething my father taught me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No condition is permanent."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lesson he shared with me\Nagain and again,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I learned it to be true the hard way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I am in my fourth grade class.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my yearbook picture taken\Nin my class in school
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Monrovia, Liberia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents migrated from India\Nto West Africa in the 1970s,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had the privilege\Nof growing up there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was nine years old,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved kicking around a soccer ball,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was a total math and science geek.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was living the kind of life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really any child would dream of.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no condition is permanent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On Christmas Eve in 1989,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,civil war erupted in Liberia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The war started in the rural countryside,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and within months,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rebel armies had marched\Ntowards our hometown.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My school shut down,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when the rebel armies captured\Nthe one international airport,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people started panicking and fleeing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom came knocking one morning
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said, "Raj, pack your things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to go."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were rushed to the center of town,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there on a tarmac,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were split into two lines.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stood with my family in one line,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were stuffed into the cargo\Nhatch of a rescue plane.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there on a bench,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sitting with my heart racing\Nas I looked out the open hatch
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw hundreds of Liberians\Nin another line,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children strapped to their backs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they tried to jump in with us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched soldiers restrain them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were not allowed to flee.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were the lucky ones.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We lost what we had,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we resettled in America,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as immigrants we benefitted\Nfrom the community of supporters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that rallied around us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They took my family into their home,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they mentored me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they helped my dad\Nstart a clothing shop.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd visit my father on weekends\Nas a teenager
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help him sell sneakers and jeans.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time business would get bad,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'd remind me of that manta:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no condition is permanent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That mantra,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my parent's persistence,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that community of supporters
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made it possible for me to go through\Ncollege and eventually to medical school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd once had my hopes crushed in war,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because of them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a chance to pursue my dream\Nto become a doctor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My condition had changed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had been 15 years\Nsince I escaped that air field,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the memory of those two lines\Nhad not escaped my mind.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a medical student\Nin my mid-20s,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to go back
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if I could serve\Nthe people we left behind.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I got back,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I found was utter destruction --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the war left us with just 51 doctors
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to serve a country of four million people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would be like the city of San Francisco\Nhaving just 10 doctors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you got sick in the city\Nwhere those few doctors remain,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might stand a chance.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you got sick in the remote\Nrural rainforest communities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you could be days\Nfrom the nearest clinic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was seeing my patients die
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from conditions that no one\Nshould die from.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All because they were\Ngetting to me too late.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine you have a two-year-old\Nwho wakes up one morning with a fever,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you realize that she\Ncould have malaria,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know that the only way\Nto get her the medicine she needs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be to take her to the riverbed,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get in a canoe,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paddle to the other side
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then walk for up to two day\Nthrough the forest
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to reach the nearest clinic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One billion people live\Nin the world's most remote communities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and despite the advances we've made\Nin modern medicine and technology,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our innovations are not\Nreaching the last mile.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These communities have been left behind
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they've been thought
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,too hard to reach\Nand too difficult to serve.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Illness is universal;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access to care is not.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And realizing this lit a fire in my soul.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one should die because they live\Ntoo far from a doctor or clinic.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No condition should be permanent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And help in this case\Ndidn't come from the outside,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it actually came from within.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It came from the communities themselves.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meet Musu.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Way out in rural Liberia
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where most girls have not had\Na chance to finish primary school,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Musu had been persistent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the age of 18,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she completed high school,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she came back to her community --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she saw that none of the children\Nwere getting treatment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the diseases that they\Nneeded treatment for --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deadly diseases like malaria\Nand pneumonia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she signed up to be a volunteer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there are millions of volunteers\Nlike Musu in rural parts around our world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we got to thinking --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community members like Musu\Ncould actually help us solve a puzzle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our health care system\Nis structured in such a way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they work of diagnosing disease\Nand prescribing medicines
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is limited to a team or nurses\Nand doctors like me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nurses and doctors\Nare concentrated in cities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so rural communities like Musu's\Nhave been left behind.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we started asking some questions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we could re-organize\Nthe medical care system?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we could have community\Nmembers like Musu
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be a part or even be the center\Nof our medical team?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if Musu could help us bring\Nheatlh care from clinics in cities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the doorsteps of her neighbors?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Musu was 48 when I met her,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and despite her amazing talent and grit,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she hadn't had a paying job in 30 years.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what if technology could support her?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we could invest in her\Nwith real training,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,real equipment,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with real medicines?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And have her have a real job?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, 2007 I was trying\Nto answer these questions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my wife and I were\Ngetting married that year.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We asked our relatives to forgo\Nthe wedding registry gifts,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instead donate some money
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we could have some startup money\Nto launch a non-profit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I promise you, I'm a lot\Nmore romantic than that --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ended up raising $6,000,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teamed up with some\NLiberians and Americans,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and launched a non-profit\Ncalled Last Mile Health,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our goal is to bring\Na health worker
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within reach of everyone everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We designed a three-step process:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,train, equip and pay,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to invest more deeply\Nin volunteers like Musu
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become paraprofessionals,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become community health workers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First we trained Musu to prevent,\Ndiagnose and treat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the top 10 diseases afflicting\Nfamilies in her village.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A nurse supervisor visited her\Nevery month to coach her.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We equipped her with modern\Nmedical technology,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this one dollar malaria rapid test,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put it in a backpack\Nfull of medicines like this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to treat infections like pneumonia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And crucially,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a smartphone to help her track\Nand report on epidemics.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last, we recognized\Nthe dignity in Musu's work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the Liberian government,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we created a contract,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paid her,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gave her the chance\Nto have a real job.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she's amazing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Musu has learned over 30 medical skills,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from screening children for malnutrition
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to assessing the cause of child's cough\Nwith a smartphone,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to supporting people with HIV
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and providing follow-up care\Nto patients who've lost their limbs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Working as part of our team,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working as paraprofessionals,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community health workers can help insure
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a lot of what your\Nfamily doctor would do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reaches the places that most\Nfamily doctors could never go.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my favorite things to do
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to care for patients\Nwith community health workers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so last year I was visiting A.B.,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like Musu,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A.B. had had a chance to go to school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was in middle school\Nin the eighth grade
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when his parents died.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He became an orphan and had to drop out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year we hired and trained\NA.B. as a community health worker.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while he was making\Ndoor-to-door house calls,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he met this young boy named Prince
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose mother had had trouble\Nbreastfeeding him,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by the age of six months,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prince was starting to waste away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A.B. had just been taught how to use\Nthis color-coded measuring tape
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wraps around the upper arm\Nof a child with a diagnosed malnutrition.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A.B. noticed that Prince\Nwas in the red zone,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which meant he had to be hospitalized.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So A.B. took Prince\Nand his mother to the river,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got in a canoe
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and paddled for four hours\Nto get to the hospital.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later, after Prince was discharged,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A.B. taught mom how to feed\Nbaby a food supplement.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few months ago,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A.B. took me to visit Prince,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's a chubby little guy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's meeting his milestones,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's pulled himself up to a stand,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's even starting to say a few words.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so inspired by these\Ncommunity health workers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often ask them why they do what they do,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I asked A.B. he said,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Doc, since I dropped out of school,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the first time I'm having a chance\Nto hold a pen to write.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brain is getting fresh."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stories of A.B. and Musu\Nhave taught me something fundamental
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about being human.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our will to serve others can actually\Nhelp us transform our own conditions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was so moved by how powerful\Nthe will to serve our neighbors can be,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few years ago,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we faced a global catastrophe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In December 2013,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something happened in the rainforests\Nacross the border from us in Guinea.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A toddler named Emile fell sick\Nwith vomiting, fever and diahrrea.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lived in an area\Nwhere the roads were sparse,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there had been massive\Nshortages of health workers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emile died,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few weeks later his sister died,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few weeks later his mother died.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this disease would spread\Nfrom one community to another.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it wasn't until three months later
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the world recognized this as Ebola.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When every minute counted,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had already lost months,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by then the virus had spread\Nlike wildfire all across West Africa,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually to other\Nparts of the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Businesses shut down,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,airlines started cancelling routes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the height of the crisis
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we were told that 1.4 million\Npeople could be infected,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we were told\Nthat most of them would die,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we had nearly lost all hope --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember standing with a group\Nof health workers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the rainforest where\Nan outbreak had just happened.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were helping train and equip them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put on the masks,\Nthe gloves and the gowns
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they needed to keep themselves\Nsafe from the virus
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while they were serving their patients.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember the fear in their eyes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I remember staying up at night,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,terrified if I'd made the right call ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep them in the field.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Ebola threatened to bring\Nhumanity to its knees,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Liberia's community health workers\Ndidn't surrender to fear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did what they had always done.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They answered the call\Nto serve their neighbors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Community members across Liberia\Nlearned the symptoms of Ebola,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teamed up with nurses and doctors\Nto go door-to door to find the sick
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get them into care.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They tracked thousands of people\Nwho had been exposed to the virus,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helped break\Nthe chain of transmission.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some ten thousand community\Nhealth workers risked their own lives
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help hunt down this virus\Nand stop it in its tracks.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, Ebola's come under\Ncontrol in West Africa,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've learned a few things.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've learned that blindspots\Nin rural health care
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can lead to hot spots of disease,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that places all of us at greater risk.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've learned that the most efficient\Nemergency system
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually an everyday system,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that system has to reach\Nall communities,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including rural communities like Emile's.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of all,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've learned from the courage\Nof Liberia's community health workers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we as people are not defined\Nby the conditions we face,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how hopeless they seem.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're defined by how we respond to them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the past 15 years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen the power of this idea
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to transform everyday citizens\Ninto community health workers --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into everyday heroes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I seen it play out everywhere,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the forest communities\Nof West Africa,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the rural fishing villages of Alaska.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's true,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these community health workers\Naren't doing neurosurgery,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're making it possible
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring health care within reach\Nof everyone everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now what?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we know that there are still\Nmillions of people dying
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from preventable causes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in rural communities around the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that they great\Nmajority of these deaths are happening
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these 75 blue shaded countries.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we also know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that if we trained an army\Nof community health workers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn even just 30 life-saving skills,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could save the lives of nearly\N30 million people by 2030.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,30 services could save\N30 million lives by 2030.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not just a blueprint.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've proved this can be done.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Liberia,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Libernian government is training\Nthousands of workers like A.B. and Musu
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after Ebola,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring health care to every\Nchild and family in the country.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've been honored to work with them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are now teaming up\Nwith a number of organizations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are working across other countries
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to help them do the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we could help these countries scale,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could save millions of lives
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could create millions of jobs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We simply can't do that though\Nwithout technology.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are worried that technology\Nis going to steal our jobs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when it comes to\Ncommunity health workers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technology's actually been vital\Nfor creating jobs.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without technology --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without this smartphone,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without this rapid test --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would have been impossible for us\Nto employ A.B. and Musu.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think it's time\Nfor technology to help us train --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help us train people faster\Nand better than ever before.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a doctor,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I use technology to stay up-to-date\Nand keep certified.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I use smartphones, I use apps,\NI use online courses,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when A.B. wants to learn,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's got to jump back in that canoe\Nand get to the training center.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when Musu shows up for training,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her instructors are stuck using\Nflip charts and markers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why shouldn't they have the same\Naccess to learn as I do?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we truly want community health\Nworkers to master those life-saving skills
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even more,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've got to change this old-school\Nmodel of education.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tech can truly be a game-changer here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been in awe of the digital\Neducation revolution
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the likes of [Conn Academy]\Nand [EdX] have been leading.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've been thinking that it's time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time for a collision between\Nthe digital education revolution
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the community health revoultion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so this brings me\Nto my TED Prize wish.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish that you would help us recruit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the largest army of community health\Nworkers the world has ever known
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by creating the community health academy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a global platform to train,\Nconnect and empower.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the idea.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we'll create an curate\Nthe best in digital education resources.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will bring those to community\Nhealth workers around the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including A.B. and Musu.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they'll get video lessons\Non giving kids vaccines,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have online courses\Non spotting the next outbreak,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they're not stuck using flip charts.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll help these countries\Naccredit these workers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they're not stuck remaining\Nan under-recognized, undervalued group,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but become a renowned, empowered\Nprofession just like nurses and doctors.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we'll create a network\Nof companies and entrepreneurs,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who've created innovations\Nthat can save lives
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help them connect\Nto workers like Musu
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she can help better\Nserve her community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we'll work tirelessly\Nto persuade governments
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make community health workers\Na cornerstone of their health care plans.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We plan to test and prototype\Nthe academy in Liberia
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few other partner counties,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we plan to take it global,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the rural North America.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the power of this platform,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we believe countires can be more persuaded
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a health care revolution\Nreally is possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dream is that this academy\Nwill contribute
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the training of hundreds\Nof thousands community members
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help bring health care\Nto their neighbors --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hundreds of millions of them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that live in the world's most\Nremote communities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the forest communities\Nof West Africa,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the fishing villages of rural Alaska;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the hilltops of Appalachia\Nto the mountains of Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if this vision is aligned with yours,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,head to Communityhealthacademy.org,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and join this revolution.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us know if you or your organization\Nor someone you know
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could help us as we try to build\Nthis academy over the next year.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, as a look out into this room,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realize that our journeys\Nare not self-made,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're shaped by others.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there have been so many here\Nthat have been part of this cause.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're so honored to be\Npart of this community,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a community that's willing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take on a cause\Nas audacious as this one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I wanted to offer as I end,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a reflection.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think a lot more about\Nwhat my father taught me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These days, I too have become a dad.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have two sons,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my wife and I just learned that she's\Npregnant with our third child.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was recently caring\Nfor a woman in Liberia
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who like my wife was\Nin her third pregnancy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but unlike my wife,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had had no prenatal care\Nwith her first two babies.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She lived in an isolated community\Nin the forest that had gone for 100 years
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without any health care --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until last year when a nurse\Ntrained her neighbors
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become community health workers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here I was,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeing this patient who was in\Nher second trimester,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I pulled out the ultrasound\Nto check on the baby,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she started telling us stories\Nabout her first two kids,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had the ultrasound\Nprobe on her belly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she just stopped mid-sentence.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She turned to be and she said,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Doc, what's that sound?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the first time she'd\Never heard her baby's heartbeat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And her eyes lit up in the same way\Nmy wife's eyes and my own eyes lit up
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we heard our baby's heartbeat.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For all of human history,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,illness has been universal\Nand access to care has not,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as a wise man once told me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no condition is permanent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time for us to go as far as it takes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change this condition together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)