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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.94,0:00:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to share with you\Nsomething my father taught me:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.32,0:00:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no condition is permanent.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.28,0:00:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lesson he shared with me\Nagain and again,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.19,0:00:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I learned it to be true the hard way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.59,0:00:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I am in my fourth-grade class.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.53,0:00:23.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my yearbook picture\Ntaken in my class in school
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.29,0:00:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Monrovia, Liberia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.51,0:00:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents migrated from India\Nto West Africa in the 1970s,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.94,0:00:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had the privilege\Nof growing up there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.77,0:00:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was nine years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.95,0:00:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved kicking around a soccer ball,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.73,0:00:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was a total math and science geek.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.00,0:00:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was living the kind of life\Nthat, really, any child would dream of.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.28,0:00:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no condition is permanent.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.35,0:00:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On Christmas Eve in 1989,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.29,0:00:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,civil war erupted in Liberia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.08,0:00:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The war started in the rural countryside,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.06,0:01:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and within months, rebel armies\Nhad marched towards our hometown.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.79,0:01:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My school shut down,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.48,0:01:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when the rebel armies captured\Nthe only international airport,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.98,0:01:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people started panicking and fleeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.75,0:01:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mom came knocking one morning\Nand said, "Raj, pack your things --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.13,0:01:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to go."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.100,0:01:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were rushed to the center of town,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.25,0:01:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there on a tarmac,\Nwe were split into two lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.63,0:01:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stood with my family in one line,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.15,0:01:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were stuffed into the cargo hatch
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.57,0:01:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a rescue plane.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.37,0:01:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there on a bench,\NI was sitting with my heart racing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.28,0:01:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I looked out the open hatch,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.73,0:01:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw hundreds of Liberians\Nin another line,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.59,0:01:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,children strapped to their backs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.51,0:01:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they tried to jump in with us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.38,0:01:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched soldiers restrain them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.69,0:01:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were not allowed to flee.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.18,0:01:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were the lucky ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.34,0:01:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We lost what we had,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.12,0:01:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we resettled in America,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.56,0:01:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as immigrants, we benefitted\Nfrom the community of supporters
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.72,0:02:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that rallied around us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.93,0:02:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They took my family into their home,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.76,0:02:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they mentored me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.10,0:02:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they helped my dad\Nstart a clothing shop.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.26,0:02:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd visit my father\Non weekends as a teenager
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.66,0:02:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help him sell sneakers and jeans.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.13,0:02:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every time business would get bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.49,0:02:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'd remind me of that mantra:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.100,0:02:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no condition is permanent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.79,0:02:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That mantra and my parents' persistence\Nand that community of supporters
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.25,0:02:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made it possible for me\Nto go through college
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.60,0:02:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually to medical school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.36,0:02:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd once had my hopes crushed in a war,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.04,0:02:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.33,0:02:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a chance to pursue my dream\Nto become a doctor.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.05,0:02:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My condition had changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.79,0:02:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It had been 15 years\Nsince I escaped that airfield,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.45,0:02:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the memory of those two lines\Nhad not escaped my mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.24,0:02:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was a medical student in my mid-20s,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.79,0:02:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to go back
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.04,0:02:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see if I could serve\Nthe people we'd left behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.78,0:02:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I got back,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.96,0:02:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I found was utter destruction.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.81,0:03:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The war had left us with just 51 doctors
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.96,0:03:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to serve a country of four million people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.42,0:03:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would be like the city of San Francisco\Nhaving just 10 doctors.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.41,0:03:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you got sick in the city\Nwhere those few doctors remain,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.51,0:03:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might stand a chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.98,0:03:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you got sick in the remote,\Nrural rainforest communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.87,0:03:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you could be days\Nfrom the nearest clinic --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.26,0:03:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was seeing my patients die\Nfrom conditions no one should die from,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.02,0:03:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all because they were\Ngetting to me too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.19,0:03:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine you have a two-year-old\Nwho wakes up one morning with a fever,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.64,0:03:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you realize she could have malaria,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.07,0:03:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know the only way to get her\Nthe medicine she needs
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.09,0:03:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be to take her to the riverbed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.97,0:03:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get in a canoe, paddle to the other side
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.07,0:03:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then walk for up to two days\Nthrough the forest
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.71,0:03:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to reach the nearest clinic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.16,0:03:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One billion people live\Nin the world's most remote communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.30,0:03:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and despite the advances we've made\Nin modern medicine and technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.97,0:03:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our innovations are not\Nreaching the last mile.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.69,0:03:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These communities have been left behind,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.68,0:03:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they've been thought\Ntoo hard to reach
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.90,0:03:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and too difficult to serve.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.28,0:03:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Illness is universal;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.99,0:04:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,access to care is not.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.22,0:04:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And realizing this lit a fire in my soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.81,0:04:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one should die because they live\Ntoo far from a doctor or clinic.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.09,0:04:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No condition should be permanent.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.36,0:04:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And help in this case\Ndidn't come from the outside,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.03,0:04:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it actually came from within.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.70,0:04:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It came from the communities themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.18,0:04:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meet Musu.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.56,0:04:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Way out in rural Liberia,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.97,0:04:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where most girls have not had\Na chance to finish primary school,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.16,0:04:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Musu had been persistent.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.09,0:04:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the age of 18,\Nshe completed high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.44,0:04:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she came back to her community.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.74,0:04:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She saw that none of the children\Nwere getting treatment
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.43,0:04:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the diseases\Nthey needed treatment for --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.58,0:04:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deadly diseases, like malaria\Nand pneumonia.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.93,0:04:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she signed up to be a volunteer.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.84,0:04:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are millions of volunteers like Musu\Nin rural parts around our world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.50,0:04:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we got to thinking --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.30,0:04:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community members like Musu\Ncould actually help us solve a puzzle.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.10,0:04:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our health care system\Nis structured in such a way
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.80,0:05:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the work of diagnosing disease\Nand prescribing medicines
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.54,0:05:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is limited to a team of nurses\Nand doctors like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.42,0:05:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But nurses and doctors\Nare concentrated in cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.09,0:05:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so rural communities like Musu's\Nhave been left behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.90,0:05:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we started asking some questions:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.68,0:05:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we could reorganize\Nthe medical care system?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.24,0:05:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we could have community\Nmembers like Musu
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.18,0:05:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be a part or even be the center\Nof our medical team?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.48,0:05:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if Musu could help us bring\Nhealth care from clinics in cities
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.43,0:05:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the doorsteps of her neighbors?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.14,0:05:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Musu was 48 when I met her.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.02,0:05:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And despite her amazing talent and grit,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.09,0:05:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she hadn't had a paying job in 30 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.46,0:05:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what if technology could support her?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.38,0:05:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we could invest in her\Nwith real training,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.70,0:05:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equip her with real medicines,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.83,0:05:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have her have a real job?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.40,0:06:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, in 2007, I was trying\Nto answer these questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.89,0:06:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my wife and I were\Ngetting married that year.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.10,0:06:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We asked our relatives to forgo\Nthe wedding registry gifts
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.62,0:06:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instead donate some money
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.19,0:06:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we could have some start-up money\Nto launch a nonprofit.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.12,0:06:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I promise you, I'm a lot\Nmore romantic than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.58,0:06:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.16,0:06:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We ended up raising $6,000,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.58,0:06:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teamed up with some\NLiberians and Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.73,0:06:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and launched a nonprofit\Ncalled Last Mile Health.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.49,0:06:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our goal is to bring a health worker\Nwithin reach of everyone, everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.42,0:06:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We designed a three-step process --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.38,0:06:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,train, equip and pay --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.87,0:06:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to invest more deeply\Nin volunteers like Musu
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.25,0:06:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become paraprofessionals,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.87,0:06:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become community health workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.07,0:06:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First we trained Musu to prevent,\Ndiagnose and treat
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.65,0:06:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the top 10 diseases afflicting\Nfamilies in her village.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.90,0:06:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A nurse supervisor visited her\Nevery month to coach her.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.88,0:06:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We equipped her with modern\Nmedical technology,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.45,0:06:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this $1 malaria rapid test,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.84,0:07:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put it in a backpack\Nfull of medicines like this
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.60,0:07:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to treat infections like pneumonia,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.59,0:07:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and crucially,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.18,0:07:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a smartphone, to help her track\Nand report on epidemics.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.34,0:07:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last, we recognized\Nthe dignity in Musu's work.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.46,0:07:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the Liberian government,\Nwe created a contract,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.92,0:07:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paid her
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.23,0:07:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gave her the chance\Nto have a real job.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.34,0:07:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she's amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.54,0:07:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Musu has learned over 30 medical skills,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.05,0:07:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from screening children for malnutrition,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.83,0:07:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to assessing the cause\Nof a child's cough with a smartphone,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.33,0:07:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to supporting people with HIV
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.47,0:07:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and providing follow-up care\Nto patients who've lost their limbs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.96,0:07:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Working as part of our team,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.07,0:07:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working as paraprofessionals,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.62,0:07:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community health workers can help ensure
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.88,0:07:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a lot of what\Nyour family doctor would do
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.20,0:07:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reaches the places that most\Nfamily doctors could never go.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.04,0:07:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my favorite things to do\Nis to care for patients
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.01,0:07:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with community health workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.48,0:08:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So last year I was visiting A.B.,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.82,0:08:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like Musu, A.B. had had\Na chance to go to school.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.48,0:08:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was in middle school,\Nin the eighth grade,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.58,0:08:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when his parents died.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.87,0:08:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He became an orphan and had to drop out.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.92,0:08:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year, we hired and trained\NA.B. as a community health worker.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.22,0:08:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while he was making\Ndoor to door house calls,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.10,0:08:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he met this young boy named Prince,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.35,0:08:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose mother had had trouble\Nbreastfeeding him,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.65,0:08:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by the age of six months,\NPrince had started to waste away.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.88,0:08:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A.B. had just been taught how to use\Nthis color-coded measuring tape
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.52,0:08:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wraps around the upper arm\Nof a child to diagnose malnutrition.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.09,0:08:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A.B. noticed that Prince\Nwas in the red zone,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.50,0:08:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which meant he had to be hospitalized.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.42,0:08:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So A.B. took Prince\Nand his mother to the river,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.08,0:08:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,got in a canoe
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.28,0:08:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and paddled for four hours\Nto get to the hospital.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.96,0:08:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later, after Prince was discharged,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.98,0:08:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A.B. taught mom how to feed baby\Na food supplement.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.86,0:08:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few months ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.93,0:09:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A.B. took me to visit Prince,\Nand he's a chubby little guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.17,0:09:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.32,0:09:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's meeting his milestones,\Nhe's pulled himself up to a stand,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.52,0:09:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is even starting to say a few words.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.50,0:09:09.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm so inspired by these\Ncommunity health workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.02,0:09:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often ask them why they do what they do,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.33,0:09:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I asked A.B.,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.95,0:09:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said, "Doc, since I dropped out\Nof school, this is the first time
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.95,0:09:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm having a chance\Nto hold a pen to write.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.04,0:09:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brain is getting fresh."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.10,0:09:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stories of A.B. and Musu\Nhave taught me something fundamental
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.81,0:09:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about being human.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.28,0:09:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our will to serve others
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.43,0:09:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can actually help us\Ntransform our own conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.71,0:09:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so moved by how powerful\Nthe will to serve our neighbors can be
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.83,0:09:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.00,0:09:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we faced a global catastrophe.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.66,0:09:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In December 2013,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.39,0:09:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something happened in the rainforests\Nacross the border from us in Guinea.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.98,0:09:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A toddler named Emile fell sick\Nwith vomiting, fever and diarrhea.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.61,0:10:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He lived in an area\Nwhere the roads were sparse
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.94,0:10:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there had been massive\Nshortages of health workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.83,0:10:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emile died,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.01,0:10:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few weeks later his sister died,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.89,0:10:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few weeks later his mother died.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.84,0:10:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this disease would spread\Nfrom one community to another.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.04,0:10:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it wasn't until three months later
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.08,0:10:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the world recognized this as Ebola.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.30,0:10:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When every minute counted,\Nwe had already lost months,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.03,0:10:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by then the virus had spread\Nlike wildfire all across West Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.50,0:10:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and eventually to other\Nparts of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.55,0:10:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Businesses shut down,\Nairlines started canceling routes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.88,0:10:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the height of the crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.32,0:10:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we were told that 1.4 million\Npeople could be infected,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.78,0:10:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we were told\Nthat most of them would die,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.31,0:10:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we had nearly lost all hope,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.68,0:10:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember standing with a group\Nof health workers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.57,0:10:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the rainforest where\Nan outbreak had just happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.36,0:10:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were helping train and equip\Nthem to put on the masks,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.37,0:10:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gloves and the gowns that they needed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.43,0:10:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep themselves safe from the virus
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.45,0:10:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while they were serving their patients.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.78,0:11:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember the fear in their eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.49,0:11:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remember staying up at night,\Nterrified if I'd made the right call
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.52,0:11:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep them in the field.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.76,0:11:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Ebola threatened to bring\Nhumanity to its knees,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.50,0:11:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Liberia's community health workers\Ndidn't surrender to fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.78,0:11:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did what they had always done:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.13,0:11:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they answered the call\Nto serve their neighbors.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.59,0:11:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Community members across Liberia\Nlearned the symptoms of Ebola,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.38,0:11:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teamed up with nurses and doctors\Nto go door-to-door to find the sick
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.96,0:11:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get them into care.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.54,0:11:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They tracked thousands of people\Nwho had been exposed to the virus
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.97,0:11:40.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helped break\Nthe chain of transmission.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.42,0:11:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some ten thousand community\Nhealth workers risked their own lives
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.75,0:11:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help hunt down this virus\Nand stop it in its tracks.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.53,0:11:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.70,0:11:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, Ebola has come\Nunder control in West Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.23,0:11:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we've learned a few things.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.35,0:12:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've learned that blind spots\Nin rural health care
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.97,0:12:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can lead to hot spots of disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.79,0:12:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that places all of us at greater risk.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.70,0:12:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've learned that the most efficient\Nemergency system
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.42,0:12:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually an everyday system,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.47,0:12:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that system has to reach\Nall communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.22,0:12:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including rural communities like Emile's.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.54,0:12:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most of all,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.72,0:12:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've learned from the courage\Nof Liberia's community health workers
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.20,0:12:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we as people are not defined\Nby the conditions we face,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.94,0:12:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter how hopeless they seem.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.14,0:12:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're defined by how we respond to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.30,0:12:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the past 15 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.25,0:12:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen the power of this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.28,0:12:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to transform everyday citizens\Ninto community health workers --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.40,0:12:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into everyday heroes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.12,0:12:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've seen it play out everywhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.95,0:12:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the forest communities\Nof West Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.03,0:12:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the rural fishing villages of Alaska.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.98,0:12:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's true,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.15,0:12:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these community health workers\Naren't doing neurosurgery,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.23,0:12:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're making it possible
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.74,0:13:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring health care within reach\Nof everyone everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.64,0:13:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now what?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.81,0:13:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, we know that there are still\Nmillions of people dying
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.60,0:13:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from preventable causes
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.37,0:13:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in rural communities around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.27,0:13:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that the great majority\Nof these deaths are happening
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.14,0:13:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these 75 blue-shaded countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.85,0:13:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we also know
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.02,0:13:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that if we trained an army\Nof community health workers
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.49,0:13:27.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn even just 30 lifesaving skills,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.51,0:13:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could save the lives of nearly\N30 million people by 2030.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.65,0:13:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thirty services could save\N30 million lives by 2030.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.32,0:13:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not just a blueprint --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.09,0:13:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're proving this can be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.91,0:13:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Liberia,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.09,0:13:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Liberian government is training\Nthousands of workers like A.B. and Musu
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.38,0:13:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after Ebola,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.56,0:13:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring health care to every\Nchild and family in the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.06,0:13:54.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we've been honored to work with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.12,0:13:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are now teaming up\Nwith a number of organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.65,0:13:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are working across other countries
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.90,0:14:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to help them do the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.00,0:14:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we could help these countries scale,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.55,0:14:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could save millions of lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.21,0:14:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.59,0:14:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could create millions of jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.88,0:14:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We simply can't do that, though,\Nwithout technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.29,0:14:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are worried that technology\Nis going to steal our jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.40,0:14:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when it comes\Nto community health workers,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.62,0:14:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technology has actually\Nbeen vital for creating jobs.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.90,0:14:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without technology --\Nwithout this smartphone,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.34,0:14:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without this rapid test --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.96,0:14:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would have been impossible for us\Nto be able to employ A.B. and Musu.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.46,0:14:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think it's time\Nfor technology to help us train,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.17,0:14:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help us train people faster\Nand better than ever before.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.58,0:14:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a doctor,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.75,0:14:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I use technology to stay up-to-date\Nand keep certified.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.27,0:14:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I use smartphones, I use apps,\NI use online courses.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.99,0:14:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when A.B. wants to learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.22,0:14:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's got to jump back in that canoe
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.15,0:14:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get to the training center.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.82,0:14:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when Musu shows up for training,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.71,0:15:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her instructors are stuck using\Nflip charts and markers.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.15,0:15:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why shouldn't they have the same\Naccess to learn as I do?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.38,0:15:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we truly want community health workers\Nto master those lifesaving skills
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.04,0:15:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even more,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.10,0:15:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've got to change this old-school\Nmodel of education.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.28,0:15:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tech can truly be a game changer here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.20,0:15:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been in awe of the digital\Neducation revolution
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.77,0:15:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the likes of Khan Academy\Nand edX have been leading.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.04,0:15:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've been thinking that it's time;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.56,0:15:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's time for a collision
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.97,0:15:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the digital education revolution
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.31,0:15:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the community health revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.48,0:15:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, this brings me\Nto my TED Prize wish.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.76,0:15:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.58,0:15:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish that you would help us recruit
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.81,0:15:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the largest army of community health\Nworkers the world has ever known
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.75,0:15:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by creating the Community Health Academy,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.60,0:15:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a global platform to train,\Nconnect and empower.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.55,0:16:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.68,0:16:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.86,0:16:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.48,0:16:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.50,0:16:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the idea:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.07,0:16:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll create and curate
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.75,0:16:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best in digital education resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.49,0:16:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will bring those to community\Nhealth workers around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.14,0:16:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including A.B. and Musu.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.42,0:16:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They'll get video lessons\Non giving kids vaccines
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.25,0:16:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have online courses\Non spotting the next outbreak,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.48,0:16:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they're not stuck using flip charts.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.39,0:16:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll help these countries\Naccredit these workers,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.25,0:16:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they're not stuck remaining\Nan under-recognized, undervalued group,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.98,0:16:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but become a renowned,\Nempowered profession,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.74,0:16:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like nurses and doctors.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.09,0:16:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we'll create a network\Nof companies and entrepreneurs
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.44,0:16:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who've created innovations\Nthat can save lives
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.74,0:16:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help them connect\Nto workers like Musu,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.14,0:16:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she can help better\Nserve her community.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.64,0:17:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we'll work tirelessly\Nto persuade governments
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.87,0:17:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make community health workers\Na cornerstone of their health care plans.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.42,0:17:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We plan to test and prototype\Nthe academy in Liberia
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.23,0:17:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a few other partner countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.13,0:17:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we plan to take it global,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.94,0:17:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including to rural North America.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.79,0:17:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the power of this platform,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.40,0:17:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we believe countries can be more persuaded
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.99,0:17:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a health care revolution\Nreally is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.15,0:17:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My dream is that this academy\Nwill contribute to the training
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.27,0:17:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of hundreds of thousands\Nof community members
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.50,0:17:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help bring health care\Nto their neighbors --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.42,0:17:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hundreds of millions of them
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.06,0:17:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that live in the world's most\Nremote communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.47,0:17:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the forest communities\Nof West Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.57,0:17:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the fishing villages of rural Alaska;
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.74,0:17:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the hilltops of Appalachia,\Nto the mountains of Afghanistan.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.82,0:17:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If this vision is aligned with yours,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.54,0:17:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,head to communityhealthacademy.org,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.42,0:17:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and join this revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.22,0:18:01.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us know if you or your organization\Nor someone you know could help us
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.90,0:18:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we try to build this academy\Nover the next year.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.26,0:18:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, as I look out into this room,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.99,0:18:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realize that our journeys\Nare not self-made;
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.72,0:18:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're shaped by others.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.26,0:18:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there have been so many here\Nthat have been part of this cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.12,0:18:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're so honored to be part\Nof this community,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.36,0:18:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a community that's willing\Nto take on a cause
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.06,0:18:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as audacious as this one,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.46,0:18:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I wanted to offer, as I end,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.56,0:18:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a reflection.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.67,0:18:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think a lot more about\Nwhat my father taught me.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.41,0:18:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These days, I too have become a dad.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.64,0:18:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have two sons,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.68,0:18:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my wife and I just learned\Nthat she's pregnant with our third child.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.69,0:18:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.72,0:18:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.81,0:18:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.74,0:18:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was recently caring\Nfor a woman in Liberia
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.59,0:18:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who, like my wife,\Nwas in her third pregnancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.06,0:18:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But unlike my wife,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.64,0:18:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had had no prenatal care\Nwith her first two babies.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.23,0:19:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She lived in an isolated community\Nin the forest that had gone for 100 years
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.65,0:19:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without any health care
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.20,0:19:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until ...
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.85,0:19:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until last year when a nurse\Ntrained her neighbors
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.26,0:19:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become community health workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.99,0:19:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here I was,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.31,0:19:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeing this patient\Nwho was in her second trimester,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.57,0:19:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I pulled out the ultrasound\Nto check on the baby,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.87,0:19:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she started telling us stories\Nabout her first two kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.43,0:19:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had the ultrasound\Nprobe on her belly,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.65,0:19:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she just stopped mid-sentence.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.90,0:19:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She turned to me and she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.47,0:19:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Doc, what's that sound?"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.06,0:19:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the first time she'd ever heard\Nher baby's heartbeat.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.80,0:19:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And her eyes lit up in the same way\Nmy wife's eyes and my own eyes lit up
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.88,0:19:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we heard our baby's heartbeat.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.23,0:19:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For all of human history,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.40,0:19:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,illness has been universal\Nand access to care has not.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.96,0:20:00.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as a wise man once told me:
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.37,0:20:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no condition is permanent.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.18,0:20:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.43,0:20:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's time for us to go as far as it takes
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.77,0:20:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change this condition together.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.38,0:20:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.56,0:20:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)