No one should die because they live too far from a doctor
-
0:01 - 0:04I want to share with you
something my father taught me: -
0:05 - 0:08no condition is permanent.
-
0:09 - 0:12It's a lesson he shared with me
again and again, -
0:12 - 0:16and I learned it to be true the hard way.
-
0:17 - 0:20Here I am in my fourth-grade class.
-
0:20 - 0:23This is my yearbook picture
taken in my class in school -
0:23 - 0:25in Monrovia, Liberia.
-
0:26 - 0:30My parents migrated from India
to West Africa in the 1970s, -
0:30 - 0:32and I had the privilege
of growing up there. -
0:34 - 0:35I was nine years old,
-
0:35 - 0:37I loved kicking around a soccer ball,
-
0:37 - 0:39and I was a total math and science geek.
-
0:39 - 0:43I was living the kind of life
that, really, any child would dream of. -
0:45 - 0:48But no condition is permanent.
-
0:48 - 0:51On Christmas Eve in 1989,
-
0:51 - 0:54civil war erupted in Liberia.
-
0:55 - 0:57The war started in the rural countryside,
-
0:57 - 1:01and within months, rebel armies
had marched towards our hometown. -
1:01 - 1:02My school shut down,
-
1:02 - 1:06and when the rebel armies captured
the only international airport, -
1:06 - 1:08people started panicking and fleeing.
-
1:10 - 1:13My mom came knocking one morning
and said, "Raj, pack your things -- -
1:13 - 1:14we have to go."
-
1:15 - 1:17We were rushed to the center of town,
-
1:17 - 1:21and there on a tarmac,
we were split into two lines. -
1:23 - 1:25I stood with my family in one line,
-
1:25 - 1:28and we were stuffed into the cargo hatch
-
1:28 - 1:29of a rescue plane.
-
1:29 - 1:32And there on a bench,
I was sitting with my heart racing. -
1:32 - 1:35As I looked out the open hatch,
-
1:35 - 1:38I saw hundreds of Liberians
in another line, -
1:38 - 1:40children strapped to their backs.
-
1:41 - 1:43When they tried to jump in with us,
-
1:43 - 1:46I watched soldiers restrain them.
-
1:47 - 1:48They were not allowed to flee.
-
1:49 - 1:51We were the lucky ones.
-
1:51 - 1:53We lost what we had,
-
1:53 - 1:56but we resettled in America,
-
1:56 - 1:59and as immigrants, we benefitted
from the community of supporters -
1:59 - 2:00that rallied around us.
-
2:02 - 2:04They took my family into their home,
-
2:04 - 2:05they mentored me.
-
2:06 - 2:08And they helped my dad
start a clothing shop. -
2:08 - 2:11I'd visit my father
on weekends as a teenager -
2:11 - 2:13to help him sell sneakers and jeans.
-
2:13 - 2:15And every time business would get bad,
-
2:15 - 2:18he'd remind me of that mantra:
-
2:18 - 2:20no condition is permanent.
-
2:21 - 2:25That mantra and my parents' persistence
and that community of supporters -
2:25 - 2:28made it possible for me
to go through college -
2:28 - 2:29and eventually to medical school.
-
2:30 - 2:33I'd once had my hopes crushed in a war,
-
2:34 - 2:35but because of them,
-
2:35 - 2:38I had a chance to pursue my dream
to become a doctor. -
2:39 - 2:41My condition had changed.
-
2:43 - 2:45It had been 15 years
since I escaped that airfield, -
2:45 - 2:48but the memory of those two lines
had not escaped my mind. -
2:48 - 2:51I was a medical student in my mid-20s,
-
2:51 - 2:52and I wanted to go back
-
2:52 - 2:55to see if I could serve
the people we'd left behind. -
2:56 - 2:57But when I got back,
-
2:57 - 2:59what I found was utter destruction.
-
2:59 - 3:01The war had left us with just 51 doctors
-
3:01 - 3:03to serve a country of four million people.
-
3:03 - 3:07It would be like the city of San Francisco
having just 10 doctors. -
3:07 - 3:10So if you got sick in the city
where those few doctors remain, -
3:11 - 3:12you might stand a chance.
-
3:12 - 3:16But if you got sick in the remote,
rural rainforest communities, -
3:16 - 3:18where you could be days
from the nearest clinic -- -
3:18 - 3:22I was seeing my patients die
from conditions no one should die from, -
3:22 - 3:24all because they were
getting to me too late. -
3:24 - 3:28Imagine you have a two-year-old
who wakes up one morning with a fever, -
3:28 - 3:30and you realize she could have malaria,
-
3:30 - 3:33and you know the only way to get her
the medicine she needs -
3:33 - 3:35would be to take her to the riverbed,
-
3:35 - 3:37get in a canoe, paddle to the other side
-
3:37 - 3:40and then walk for up to two days
through the forest -
3:40 - 3:42just to reach the nearest clinic.
-
3:42 - 3:45One billion people live
in the world's most remote communities, -
3:45 - 3:49and despite the advances we've made
in modern medicine and technology, -
3:49 - 3:52our innovations are not
reaching the last mile. -
3:52 - 3:54These communities have been left behind,
-
3:54 - 3:56because they've been thought
too hard to reach -
3:56 - 3:57and too difficult to serve.
-
3:58 - 4:00Illness is universal;
-
4:00 - 4:02access to care is not.
-
4:02 - 4:05And realizing this lit a fire in my soul.
-
4:05 - 4:09No one should die because they live
too far from a doctor or clinic. -
4:09 - 4:12No condition should be permanent.
-
4:13 - 4:16And help in this case
didn't come from the outside, -
4:16 - 4:18it actually came from within.
-
4:18 - 4:20It came from the communities themselves.
-
4:20 - 4:22Meet Musu.
-
4:22 - 4:23Way out in rural Liberia,
-
4:23 - 4:27where most girls have not had
a chance to finish primary school, -
4:27 - 4:29Musu had been persistent.
-
4:30 - 4:32At the age of 18,
she completed high school, -
4:32 - 4:34and she came back to her community.
-
4:35 - 4:37She saw that none of the children
were getting treatment -
4:37 - 4:40for the diseases
they needed treatment for -- -
4:40 - 4:42deadly diseases, like malaria
and pneumonia. -
4:42 - 4:44So she signed up to be a volunteer.
-
4:46 - 4:49There are millions of volunteers like Musu
in rural parts around our world, -
4:50 - 4:51and we got to thinking --
-
4:51 - 4:55community members like Musu
could actually help us solve a puzzle. -
4:56 - 4:59Our health care system
is structured in such a way -
4:59 - 5:03that the work of diagnosing disease
and prescribing medicines -
5:03 - 5:06is limited to a team of nurses
and doctors like me. -
5:06 - 5:09But nurses and doctors
are concentrated in cities, -
5:09 - 5:12so rural communities like Musu's
have been left behind. -
5:13 - 5:15So we started asking some questions:
-
5:15 - 5:17What if we could reorganize
the medical care system? -
5:17 - 5:20What if we could have community
members like Musu -
5:20 - 5:23be a part or even be the center
of our medical team? -
5:23 - 5:27What if Musu could help us bring
health care from clinics in cities -
5:27 - 5:30to the doorsteps of her neighbors?
-
5:31 - 5:33Musu was 48 when I met her.
-
5:34 - 5:37And despite her amazing talent and grit,
-
5:37 - 5:40she hadn't had a paying job in 30 years.
-
5:41 - 5:44So what if technology could support her?
-
5:44 - 5:49What if we could invest in her
with real training, -
5:49 - 5:51equip her with real medicines,
-
5:52 - 5:55and have her have a real job?
-
5:56 - 6:01Well, in 2007, I was trying
to answer these questions, -
6:01 - 6:03and my wife and I were
getting married that year. -
6:04 - 6:09We asked our relatives to forgo
the wedding registry gifts -
6:09 - 6:10and instead donate some money
-
6:10 - 6:13so we could have some start-up money
to launch a nonprofit. -
6:14 - 6:17I promise you, I'm a lot
more romantic than that. -
6:17 - 6:18(Laughter)
-
6:18 - 6:21We ended up raising $6,000,
-
6:21 - 6:23teamed up with some
Liberians and Americans -
6:23 - 6:25and launched a nonprofit
called Last Mile Health. -
6:25 - 6:30Our goal is to bring a health worker
within reach of everyone, everywhere. -
6:30 - 6:32We designed a three-step process --
-
6:32 - 6:34train, equip and pay --
-
6:34 - 6:37to invest more deeply
in volunteers like Musu -
6:37 - 6:39to become paraprofessionals,
-
6:39 - 6:41to become community health workers.
-
6:41 - 6:46First we trained Musu to prevent,
diagnose and treat -
6:46 - 6:49the top 10 diseases afflicting
families in her village. -
6:50 - 6:53A nurse supervisor visited her
every month to coach her. -
6:54 - 6:56We equipped her with modern
medical technology, -
6:56 - 7:00like this $1 malaria rapid test,
-
7:00 - 7:04and put it in a backpack
full of medicines like this -
7:04 - 7:06to treat infections like pneumonia,
-
7:07 - 7:08and crucially,
-
7:08 - 7:12a smartphone, to help her track
and report on epidemics. -
7:13 - 7:16Last, we recognized
the dignity in Musu's work. -
7:16 - 7:19With the Liberian government,
we created a contract, -
7:19 - 7:20paid her
-
7:20 - 7:22and gave her the chance
to have a real job. -
7:22 - 7:24And she's amazing.
-
7:24 - 7:27Musu has learned over 30 medical skills,
-
7:27 - 7:30from screening children for malnutrition,
-
7:30 - 7:33to assessing the cause
of a child's cough with a smartphone, -
7:33 - 7:36to supporting people with HIV
-
7:36 - 7:40and providing follow-up care
to patients who've lost their limbs. -
7:42 - 7:44Working as part of our team,
-
7:44 - 7:46working as paraprofessionals,
-
7:46 - 7:48community health workers can help ensure
-
7:48 - 7:50that a lot of what
your family doctor would do -
7:50 - 7:54reaches the places that most
family doctors could never go. -
7:54 - 7:57One of my favorite things to do
is to care for patients -
7:57 - 7:58with community health workers.
-
7:58 - 8:01So last year I was visiting A.B.,
-
8:01 - 8:04and like Musu, A.B. had had
a chance to go to school. -
8:04 - 8:08He was in middle school,
in the eighth grade, -
8:08 - 8:09when his parents died.
-
8:09 - 8:11He became an orphan and had to drop out.
-
8:13 - 8:17Last year, we hired and trained
A.B. as a community health worker. -
8:18 - 8:21And while he was making
door to door house calls, -
8:21 - 8:23he met this young boy named Prince,
-
8:23 - 8:27whose mother had had trouble
breastfeeding him, -
8:27 - 8:30and by the age of six months,
Prince had started to waste away. -
8:30 - 8:33A.B. had just been taught how to use
this color-coded measuring tape -
8:34 - 8:37that wraps around the upper arm
of a child to diagnose malnutrition. -
8:37 - 8:39A.B. noticed that Prince
was in the red zone, -
8:40 - 8:41which meant he had to be hospitalized.
-
8:41 - 8:44So A.B. took Prince
and his mother to the river, -
8:44 - 8:45got in a canoe
-
8:45 - 8:48and paddled for four hours
to get to the hospital. -
8:48 - 8:50Later, after Prince was discharged,
-
8:51 - 8:55A.B. taught mom how to feed baby
a food supplement. -
8:56 - 8:58A few months ago,
-
8:58 - 9:01A.B. took me to visit Prince,
and he's a chubby little guy. -
9:01 - 9:02(Laughter)
-
9:02 - 9:05He's meeting his milestones,
he's pulled himself up to a stand, -
9:06 - 9:07and is even starting to say a few words.
-
9:07 - 9:10I'm so inspired by these
community health workers. -
9:10 - 9:12I often ask them why they do what they do,
-
9:12 - 9:14and when I asked A.B.,
-
9:15 - 9:19he said, "Doc, since I dropped out
of school, this is the first time -
9:19 - 9:21I'm having a chance
to hold a pen to write. -
9:22 - 9:24My brain is getting fresh."
-
9:26 - 9:30The stories of A.B. and Musu
have taught me something fundamental -
9:30 - 9:31about being human.
-
9:32 - 9:34Our will to serve others
-
9:35 - 9:39can actually help us
transform our own conditions. -
9:40 - 9:44I was so moved by how powerful
the will to serve our neighbors can be -
9:44 - 9:45a few years ago,
-
9:46 - 9:48when we faced a global catastrophe.
-
9:49 - 9:50In December 2013,
-
9:50 - 9:54something happened in the rainforests
across the border from us in Guinea. -
9:54 - 9:59A toddler named Emile fell sick
with vomiting, fever and diarrhea. -
9:59 - 10:01He lived in an area
where the roads were sparse -
10:01 - 10:04and there had been massive
shortages of health workers. -
10:05 - 10:06Emile died,
-
10:06 - 10:08and a few weeks later his sister died,
-
10:08 - 10:10and a few weeks later his mother died.
-
10:10 - 10:13And this disease would spread
from one community to another. -
10:13 - 10:15And it wasn't until three months later
-
10:15 - 10:18that the world recognized this as Ebola.
-
10:18 - 10:21When every minute counted,
we had already lost months, -
10:21 - 10:24and by then the virus had spread
like wildfire all across West Africa, -
10:25 - 10:27and eventually to other
parts of the world. -
10:27 - 10:30Businesses shut down,
airlines started canceling routes. -
10:30 - 10:31At the height of the crisis,
-
10:31 - 10:36when we were told that 1.4 million
people could be infected, -
10:36 - 10:39when we were told
that most of them would die, -
10:39 - 10:42when we had nearly lost all hope,
-
10:44 - 10:47I remember standing with a group
of health workers -
10:47 - 10:49in the rainforest where
an outbreak had just happened. -
10:49 - 10:52We were helping train and equip
them to put on the masks, -
10:52 - 10:54the gloves and the gowns that they needed
-
10:54 - 10:56to keep themselves safe from the virus
-
10:56 - 10:59while they were serving their patients.
-
10:59 - 11:01I remember the fear in their eyes.
-
11:02 - 11:07And I remember staying up at night,
terrified if I'd made the right call -
11:09 - 11:10to keep them in the field.
-
11:11 - 11:15When Ebola threatened to bring
humanity to its knees, -
11:15 - 11:19Liberia's community health workers
didn't surrender to fear. -
11:20 - 11:22They did what they had always done:
-
11:22 - 11:25they answered the call
to serve their neighbors. -
11:26 - 11:29Community members across Liberia
learned the symptoms of Ebola, -
11:29 - 11:33teamed up with nurses and doctors
to go door-to-door to find the sick -
11:33 - 11:35and get them into care.
-
11:35 - 11:38They tracked thousands of people
who had been exposed to the virus -
11:38 - 11:40and helped break
the chain of transmission. -
11:40 - 11:44Some ten thousand community
health workers risked their own lives -
11:44 - 11:47to help hunt down this virus
and stop it in its tracks. -
11:48 - 11:53(Applause)
-
11:55 - 11:58Today, Ebola has come
under control in West Africa, -
11:58 - 12:00and we've learned a few things.
-
12:00 - 12:03We've learned that blind spots
in rural health care -
12:03 - 12:05can lead to hot spots of disease,
-
12:05 - 12:07and that places all of us at greater risk.
-
12:08 - 12:10We've learned that the most efficient
emergency system -
12:10 - 12:12is actually an everyday system,
-
12:12 - 12:15and that system has to reach
all communities, -
12:15 - 12:17including rural communities like Emile's.
-
12:19 - 12:20And most of all,
-
12:20 - 12:23we've learned from the courage
of Liberia's community health workers -
12:23 - 12:27that we as people are not defined
by the conditions we face, -
12:27 - 12:29no matter how hopeless they seem.
-
12:30 - 12:32We're defined by how we respond to them.
-
12:34 - 12:36For the past 15 years,
-
12:37 - 12:39I've seen the power of this idea
-
12:39 - 12:43to transform everyday citizens
into community health workers -- -
12:43 - 12:45into everyday heroes.
-
12:46 - 12:48And I've seen it play out everywhere,
-
12:48 - 12:50from the forest communities
of West Africa, -
12:50 - 12:52to the rural fishing villages of Alaska.
-
12:53 - 12:54It's true,
-
12:54 - 12:57these community health workers
aren't doing neurosurgery, -
12:57 - 12:59but they're making it possible
-
12:59 - 13:02to bring health care within reach
of everyone everywhere. -
13:04 - 13:05So now what?
-
13:06 - 13:10Well, we know that there are still
millions of people dying -
13:10 - 13:11from preventable causes
-
13:11 - 13:13in rural communities around the world.
-
13:13 - 13:17And we know that the great majority
of these deaths are happening -
13:17 - 13:19in these 75 blue-shaded countries.
-
13:20 - 13:21What we also know
-
13:21 - 13:24is that if we trained an army
of community health workers -
13:24 - 13:28to learn even just 30 lifesaving skills,
-
13:29 - 13:33we could save the lives of nearly
30 million people by 2030. -
13:34 - 13:38Thirty services could save
30 million lives by 2030. -
13:38 - 13:40That's not just a blueprint --
-
13:40 - 13:42we're proving this can be done.
-
13:42 - 13:43In Liberia,
-
13:43 - 13:47the Liberian government is training
thousands of workers like A.B. and Musu -
13:47 - 13:49after Ebola,
-
13:49 - 13:52to bring health care to every
child and family in the country. -
13:52 - 13:54And we've been honored to work with them,
-
13:54 - 13:57and are now teaming up
with a number of organizations -
13:57 - 13:59that are working across other countries
-
13:59 - 14:01to try to help them do the same thing.
-
14:02 - 14:05If we could help these countries scale,
-
14:06 - 14:07we could save millions of lives,
-
14:07 - 14:09and at the same time,
-
14:09 - 14:10we could create millions of jobs.
-
14:12 - 14:15We simply can't do that, though,
without technology. -
14:15 - 14:18People are worried that technology
is going to steal our jobs, -
14:18 - 14:21but when it comes
to community health workers, -
14:21 - 14:24technology has actually
been vital for creating jobs. -
14:24 - 14:26Without technology --
without this smartphone, -
14:26 - 14:29without this rapid test --
-
14:30 - 14:34it would have been impossible for us
to be able to employ A.B. and Musu. -
14:35 - 14:38And I think it's time
for technology to help us train, -
14:38 - 14:42to help us train people faster
and better than ever before. -
14:43 - 14:44As a doctor,
-
14:44 - 14:47I use technology to stay up-to-date
and keep certified. -
14:47 - 14:50I use smartphones, I use apps,
I use online courses. -
14:50 - 14:52But when A.B. wants to learn,
-
14:52 - 14:54he's got to jump back in that canoe
-
14:55 - 14:57and get to the training center.
-
14:57 - 14:59And when Musu shows up for training,
-
15:00 - 15:03her instructors are stuck using
flip charts and markers. -
15:04 - 15:09Why shouldn't they have the same
access to learn as I do? -
15:10 - 15:14If we truly want community health workers
to master those lifesaving skills -
15:14 - 15:15and even more,
-
15:16 - 15:19we've got to change this old-school
model of education. -
15:20 - 15:22Tech can truly be a game changer here.
-
15:22 - 15:26I've been in awe of the digital
education revolution -
15:26 - 15:29that the likes of Khan Academy
and edX have been leading. -
15:30 - 15:33And I've been thinking that it's time;
-
15:33 - 15:34it's time for a collision
-
15:34 - 15:36between the digital education revolution
-
15:36 - 15:38and the community health revolution.
-
15:39 - 15:43And so, this brings me
to my TED Prize wish. -
15:44 - 15:46I wish --
-
15:46 - 15:48I wish that you would help us recruit
-
15:48 - 15:52the largest army of community health
workers the world has ever known -
15:52 - 15:55by creating the Community Health Academy,
-
15:55 - 15:58a global platform to train,
connect and empower. -
15:59 - 16:00(Applause)
-
16:00 - 16:01Thank you.
-
16:01 - 16:05(Applause)
-
16:05 - 16:06Thank you.
-
16:08 - 16:09Here's the idea:
-
16:09 - 16:11we'll create and curate
-
16:12 - 16:16the best in digital education resources.
-
16:17 - 16:21We will bring those to community
health workers around the world, -
16:21 - 16:23including A.B. and Musu.
-
16:23 - 16:26They'll get video lessons
on giving kids vaccines -
16:26 - 16:29and have online courses
on spotting the next outbreak, -
16:29 - 16:31so they're not stuck using flip charts.
-
16:31 - 16:35We'll help these countries
accredit these workers, -
16:35 - 16:39so that they're not stuck remaining
an under-recognized, undervalued group, -
16:39 - 16:42but become a renowned,
empowered profession, -
16:42 - 16:44just like nurses and doctors.
-
16:45 - 16:49And we'll create a network
of companies and entrepreneurs -
16:49 - 16:51who've created innovations
that can save lives -
16:51 - 16:53and help them connect
to workers like Musu, -
16:53 - 16:56so she can help better
serve her community. -
16:57 - 17:00And we'll work tirelessly
to persuade governments -
17:00 - 17:04to make community health workers
a cornerstone of their health care plans. -
17:06 - 17:10We plan to test and prototype
the academy in Liberia -
17:10 - 17:11and a few other partner countries,
-
17:11 - 17:13and then we plan to take it global,
-
17:13 - 17:15including to rural North America.
-
17:16 - 17:18With the power of this platform,
-
17:18 - 17:20we believe countries can be more persuaded
-
17:20 - 17:24that a health care revolution
really is possible. -
17:24 - 17:29My dream is that this academy
will contribute to the training -
17:29 - 17:31of hundreds of thousands
of community members -
17:31 - 17:34to help bring health care
to their neighbors -- -
17:34 - 17:35the hundreds of millions of them
-
17:35 - 17:38that live in the world's most
remote communities, -
17:39 - 17:41from the forest communities
of West Africa, -
17:41 - 17:43to the fishing villages of rural Alaska;
-
17:43 - 17:47from the hilltops of Appalachia,
to the mountains of Afghanistan. -
17:47 - 17:50If this vision is aligned with yours,
-
17:50 - 17:53head to communityhealthacademy.org,
-
17:54 - 17:55and join this revolution.
-
17:57 - 18:01Let us know if you or your organization
or someone you know could help us -
18:01 - 18:04as we try to build this academy
over the next year. -
18:06 - 18:08Now, as I look out into this room,
-
18:08 - 18:11I realize that our journeys
are not self-made; -
18:11 - 18:13they're shaped by others.
-
18:13 - 18:16And there have been so many here
that have been part of this cause. -
18:16 - 18:20We're so honored to be part
of this community, -
18:20 - 18:22and a community that's willing
to take on a cause -
18:22 - 18:24as audacious as this one,
-
18:24 - 18:26so I wanted to offer, as I end,
-
18:26 - 18:27a reflection.
-
18:28 - 18:31I think a lot more about
what my father taught me. -
18:32 - 18:34These days, I too have become a dad.
-
18:34 - 18:36I have two sons,
-
18:36 - 18:40and my wife and I just learned
that she's pregnant with our third child. -
18:40 - 18:41(Applause)
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18:41 - 18:42Thank you.
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18:42 - 18:44(Applause)
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18:44 - 18:47I was recently caring
for a woman in Liberia -
18:47 - 18:50who, like my wife,
was in her third pregnancy. -
18:50 - 18:52But unlike my wife,
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18:53 - 18:56had had no prenatal care
with her first two babies. -
18:58 - 19:02She lived in an isolated community
in the forest that had gone for 100 years -
19:02 - 19:03without any health care
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19:05 - 19:06until ...
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19:06 - 19:10until last year when a nurse
trained her neighbors -
19:10 - 19:11to become community health workers.
-
19:11 - 19:13So here I was,
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19:13 - 19:17seeing this patient
who was in her second trimester, -
19:17 - 19:20and I pulled out the ultrasound
to check on the baby, -
19:20 - 19:24and she started telling us stories
about her first two kids, -
19:24 - 19:27and I had the ultrasound
probe on her belly, -
19:27 - 19:29and she just stopped mid-sentence.
-
19:31 - 19:33She turned to me and she said,
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19:33 - 19:35"Doc, what's that sound?"
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19:37 - 19:41It was the first time she'd ever heard
her baby's heartbeat. -
19:42 - 19:47And her eyes lit up in the same way
my wife's eyes and my own eyes lit up -
19:47 - 19:49when we heard our baby's heartbeat.
-
19:52 - 19:54For all of human history,
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19:54 - 19:58illness has been universal
and access to care has not. -
19:58 - 20:00But as a wise man once told me:
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20:02 - 20:04no condition is permanent.
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20:05 - 20:07It's time.
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20:07 - 20:09It's time for us to go as far as it takes
-
20:09 - 20:11to change this condition together.
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20:12 - 20:13Thank you.
-
20:13 - 20:17(Applause)
- Title:
- No one should die because they live too far from a doctor
- Speaker:
- Raj Panjabi
- Description:
-
Illness is universal — but access to care is not. Physician Raj Panjabi has a bold vision to bring health care to everyone, everywhere. With the 2017 TED Prize, Panjabi is building the Community Health Academy, a global platform that aims to modernize how community health workers learn vital skills, creating jobs along the way.
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- closed TED
- Project:
- TEDTalks
- Duration:
- 20:18
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