As engineers, our goal isn’t to just find just a solution. But to find a solution that LASTS.
Installing a hand pump for clean water on day 1 does NOT mean it will function on day 100 or 200.
Studies have shown that at any one time, 30-40% of hand pumps can be broken.
So if a family can’t have clean water for a month out of the year, what is the purpose for the pump in the first place?? 🤷🏽♀️
In the latest episode of the Global Health Pursuit Podcast, co-founder of Design Outreach, Abe Wright, speaks about how his team is raising the standard for product innovations that serve low resource settings around the world.
These communities deserve it, don’t you think?
🎧Listen to the latest episode with the link in my bio!🎧
#globalhealth #cleanwater #podcasting #engineeringforlife
Do we have an unconscious bias against the poor?
When interviewing Ajit George, Chief Operating Officer of Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project, he mentions how “We believe in giving a little bit of money to the poor... and we want the poor not to suffer, but we unconsciously think they’re only capable of getting so far”
Even though a child is from a poor village, does that mean he isn’t capable of learning and getting high grades at school? Of course not.
A child is a child is a child.
As long as they receive the same resources and are given an equitable chance at a world-class education... nothing can stop them.
And the folks at Shanti Bhavan have proved this time and time again.
One Shanti Bhavan kid is even going to Princeton 😎.
Oh, the places they can go 📚
🎧Use the link in my bio to listen to the full episode!
#globalhealth #education #povertyreduction #podcasting
How much would you guess?
Latest episode featuring Jesse Chu of @fistula_foundation is out now on the Global Health Pursuit Podcast!
Listen with the link in my bio!
#globalhealth #fistula #fistulasurgery #podcaster #publichealtheducation
🤓 How do you design orthopedic implants and instruments for people in low resourced settings?
It's by listening and working with the surgeons who are experts within the communities they work in. ✨
Dismantle the colonialistic mindset and amazing things can happen 👊🏽
It's as simple as that.
#signfracturecare #orthopedicsurgery #nonprofit #roadtraffic #podcast
❓ How do you start a nonprofit medical device company without a single engineer?
For SIGN Fracture Care, it wasn't until a few years after they were first founded that they hired their first engineers.
The Founder and President of SIGN, Dr. Lewis Zirkle, wanted a new way of thinking to answer questions like:
👉🏽 How can we design trauma nails and screws without a single shot of x-ray?
👉🏽 How do we incorporate our implants and devices to fit the infrastructure and needs of low resourced areas around the world?
👉🏽 How can we effectively and efficiently train surgeons around the world to use our products?
👉🏽 How can we fight against colonialistic mindsets while serving others?
In today's episode, I speak with Jeanne Dillner, CEO of SIGN Fracture Care, who shares the most valuable lessons she learned from her experience in the medical device industry.
She emphasizes the importance of patient care and the generosity of donors who trust SIGN to use their donations appropriately to help patients in need.
And she also talks about the growth of SIGN over the years, from relying on outside guidance to hiring experienced staff to improve manufacturing and double their production.
🎧 Click the link in my bio to listen or find Global Health Pursuit wherever you listen to podcasts!
#engineer #medicaldevice #orthopedics #lmics #nonprofitorganization
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"The world is littered with projects driven by high income countries to implement a solution that ultimately cannot be sustained or doesn't fit culturally." - Richard Vanderburg
🌎 Humanitarianism is not a one size fits all solution.
🤷🏽♀️ Digging a well in india isn't the same in kenya isn't the same in haiti...
So before you decide you want to serve, take a moment (or two) to learn about the culture, the community, the infrastructure, even the soil... they are all different.
🎙 Richard speaks about this on the latest episode of the Global Health Pursuit Podcast.
Wanna listen?
👇🏽 Click here to tune in: https://buff.ly/44sWDHw
#globalhealth #cleanwater #waterfiltration #podcastepisode #humanitarian
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What does it mean to live in a collectivist society vs an individualistic society?
In collectivist societies, such as those found in South Asia, community and familial ties play a crucial role in shaping individual identities and behaviors.
Mental health concerns are often approached from a communal perspective, where the emphasis is placed on maintaining social harmony and fulfilling societal expectations. Your door is always open for friends, family, and neighbors to pop in and give you company.
But seeking help for mental health issues can be so stigmatized due to the fear of bringing shame or dishonor to one's family.
You'll hear things like ..."What will people say??"... "Keep this within the family... no one should know"
Conversely, individualistic societies like in the US prioritize personal autonomy, self-expression, and independence.
Which is all good and well until you feel like you need help.
In these societies, mental health concerns may be addressed more openly, with a greater emphasis on self-care, personal growth, and seeking professional assistance instead of looking to your family or community for help.
Understanding and navigating these contrasting cultural dynamics is essential for effectively addressing mental health challenges within the South Asian context.
🎙 We cover all of this and more on the latest podcast episode featuring Anjali Badrinath, a clinical mental health counseling graduate student who is passionate about raising awareness around mental health in the south asian community.
🎧 Tune in to learn more!!! --> https://buff.ly/443l4ef
#southasian #mentalhealth #globalhealth #podcast
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Why should a child die of malaria?
👉🏽 According to the WHO, around 6 million cases of malaria are registered in Cameroon. The health facilities record about 4000 deaths per year, most of which occur in children below the age of 5.
During the latest episode, founder of Unite for Health Foundation, Elvis Ndansi tells a story of a women who trekked miles and miles to a clinic to get treatment for her baby who was sick from malaria.
😥 Little did she know, her baby had already passed on the way to the clinic. Elvis took her baby and then gave her the grim news after she had some time to rest.
🌡 This and many other stories like this could just be prevented by a simple solution. Maybe a home thermometer, or a clinic closer to her home within last mile communities.
Please listen into this incredible story. Learn about Elvis's mission, and help him help more mothers in last mile communities.
His work is nothing short of remarkable.
🌟 Listen here: https://buff.ly/40wVMSH
#cameroon #lastmile #globalhealth #podcast #childhealth
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Stories like Elvis's always leaves me in awe.
As a young man in a last mile community in Cameroon , Elvis only dreamt of meeting former president Barack Obama.
But one day, he realized that dreams really can come true when he received notice that he had been chosen as one one of twelve rising leaders around the world to be selected for the inaugural Obama Foundation Scholars program at Columbia University in the City of New York.
💛 This only fueled him to work harder and expand the impact of his organization Unite for Health.
🎧 Listen to Elvis's story by tuning into the latest episode of the Global Health Pursuit: https://buff.ly/41oWT8c
#ObamaScholar #Inspiration #dreamchaser #globalhealth #podcastepisode
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FACT or MYTH: 100 Kegels a day supports a strong pelvic floor muscle.
ANSWER: THIS IS A MYTH
In this interview, Dr. Charis Hamilton speaks about how doing kegels can actually lead to an over-active pelvic floor muscle. Kegels is not functional and many people actually don't need it.
Learn more about this in the latest episode on The Global Health Pursuit Podcast!
Click the link to listen to the episode: https://buff.ly/41fiJuu
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When will we 🔊 Can we pleeeeease stop minimizing the thoughts and feelings we have around our own bodies????
❌ Your questions are not TMI
❌ Your concerns are not TMI
❌ Your body is not TMI
ESPECIALLY when it comes to our mothers.
As an aspiring future mother, I would hate to have to hide in shame and silence myself just because my body is changing.
...changing in ways that I myself would not understand.
💡 This is when you call someone like Dr. Charis Hamilton. A Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist specializing in women's health, specifically caring for pregnant and postpartum women.
If you're pregnant, currently a mom, or an aspiring future mother. You don't want to miss this episode!
Click here to listen in: https://buff.ly/41fiJuu
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"We know that governments in the US have spent billions of dollars on babies... but still we lack the infant incubators.... we lack the infrastructure."
In my interview with Dr. Wisam Breegi, he speaks about the several factors that go into having the infant incubators we see today. Since it is a biocontainment unit, we must think about the system, servicing, maintaining, cleaning, and allll the related costs associated 😣 .
Listen in on the full interview here: https://buff.ly/40JsBN4
#neonatal #globalhealth #innovation
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"At the end of the day, I always say, 'it is easier to manage an HIV diagnosis than to manage diabetes or hypertension..."
In an interview with Dr. Cassandra Esperant, she speaks about the work she does for patients in Haiti, how we must continue to decrease the stigma of HIV, and finally educate patients with this diagnosis to live a confident life of dignity. It's what we all deserve.
Listen in: https://buff.ly/3nVcRbu
#hiv #aids #haiti
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Do you ever feel like you need to do everything all yourself??
Maybe you just don't trust anyone to do the work.
Maybe you didn't know that there are dedicated skilled people who have more expertise than you do.
Maybe you think it would be a waste of money to hire people
Maybe you're just stubborn....
Honestly. I was all of the above.
And what did working a full time job while trying to produce, edit, and market a podcast lead to?
Burnout. Really bad burnout...
And I quit everything. The podcast, my job, everything...
That's when I realized that you simply cannot do it alone. (Whatever it is for you)
I began investing in myself.
I hired coaches, a therapist, and a podcast manager.
I invested in courses to learn how to create a business around a podcast.
I tapped into my network.
Can you imagine doing all of this alone? Learning all of this alone? It would take me years and years of unnecessary trial and error.
Why do that to yourself?
It ain't worth it girl ❤️ Save yourself the time and the headache.
Listen to the full episode here: https://buff.ly/413wPiF
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When you think of an infant incubator, what comes to mind??
For me, I think of these big high tech glass containers that keep premature and sick babies safe from the external world.
After doing some research, I found that one standard incubator found in a newborn intensive care unit can cost anywhere between $1,500 and $35,000.
First of all... that's a huge range
Second of all... why does it cost that much? 😶
I dug even deeper and found that the cost to just maintain one of these incubators (aka the cleaning, maintenance, etc) can cost a hospital thousands of dollars... 🫠
I was shook when I learned this because how in the world can a low/middle income country even BEGIN to afford something like this? And we aren't even taking into consideration the cost to maintain an incubator like this... It's not right.
Dr. Wisam Breegi and his team are changing the way we care for infants in areas that don't have the means to afford the standard incubators we use in developed countries.
The technology that Breegi Scientific, Inc has created is nothing less than brilliant.
Imagine a DISPOSABLE... REUSABLE infant incubator that only costs 1% of the price of a standard incubator... and it works just the same... IMO maybe better 🤷🏽♀️
Make sure to check out our conversation on the Global Health Pursuit Podcast. Especially if you have a soft spot for infant/neonatal healthcare
https://buff.ly/3ZIcle5
#neonatal #globalhealth #healthcareinnovation
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Do you know what PrEP is? What does it have to do with HIV?
Before speaking to Dr. Cassandra Esperant, I had absolutely no idea what this medication was and how incredibly important it is ESPECIALLY in the Black and Brown communities.
Why isn't there widespread education on this?
What are the stigmas related to a medication like PreP?
How does our environment cause such low numbers of PreP users in the black and hispanic population?
Dr. Esperant goes into all of this in detail during this episode and I can say I have learned so much just from this conversation.
To listen to the full episode, click here: https://buff.ly/3GfbFWx
#hiv #aids #blackcommunity
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Can we all please stop shoulding ourselves?
Look this is probably the most difficult thing we can do in our lives. Break away from what society tells us we SHOULD do and what we think we NEED to do to make our family proud.
But this is not easy. Not by any means.
It takes a whole lot of work, courage, healing, and self-compassion.
But let me tell you. It is oh so worth it.
In this episode, I share the struggles I faced after quitting my corporate engineering career at one of the largest healthcare companies out there.
I share the process it took for me to realize what I truly wanted to do.
And through this, I'm changing the narrative from a place of "should" and "have to" to a place of "desire" and "curiosity."
'Cause life is a mystery... and I'm here to solve it one day at a time. ❤️
Click here to listen to the full episode: https://buff.ly/413wPiF
**NOW LIVE ON THE PODCAST**
Episode 34 - India’s Covid Crisis Series Pt 2: Embodying the spirit of Gandhi by loving all and serving all
As of today, there has been 283k COVID related deaths reported in India.
A sad reality:
The shortage of oxygen concentrators in India has led many health professionals and organizations to make extremely difficult decisions on who gets this life-saving treatment.
The who and what:
We speak with the leaders of an organization with a mission guided by the spirit of Gandhi - to love all, and serve all by seeing god in every individual (manav), and through service that is transformed into worship (sadhna). Together they are called Manav Sadhna. During this conversation, we focus on how the second surge has effected the communities they serve in Ahemdabad, Gujarat, India and beyond.
Listen Now!
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/global-health-pursuit/id1512764779?i=1000522185130
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/global-health-pursuit/id1512764779
