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Making it Easier to Make a Difference in the World

Invited 2016 Keynote, Illinois Counselor Association Annual Meeting Springfield, IL It is a honor to be invited to present to such an amazing group of professionals, already making their mark on the world. Thanks, and please keep in touch, Chris http://DrChrisStout.com

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Making it Easier to Make a Difference in the World

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  1. Making it Easier to Make a Difference in the World Dr Chris Stout Center for Global Initiatives & College of Medicine University of Illinois, Chicago

  2. Smile

  3. Please wait while I upload to the screen…

  4. Who is in the audience today…? Clinicians…? Academics…? Grad students….? Early Career…? Anyone else….? Folks that just like to raise their hands…?

  5. Today we’re going to discuss making a Difference in the World. You already do. Thank you. But what if you could scale?

  6. Let me start with my story.

  7. I didn’t start off all cool and hip

  8. Books, Books, Books….

  9. While the academic side was important (and great), I wanted to go into the field. On my first international medical mission, I saw what the diseases of poverty look like…

  10. Halong Bay, Vietnam

  11. “Diseases of Poverty” refers to ills that are the result of neglect in poverty stricken communities. As for prevalence…

  12. ~30,000 children die each day due to preventable diseases caused by poverty.

  13. 500,000 children become blind each year from malnutrition.

  14. 1.8 million people die annually from preventable diarrheal diseases.

  15. While we work to treat the ill, proven prevention strategies include: Economic development Ending military conflict Developing education models – especially for females Technology leapfrogging and access to information (e.g., markets for goods) Fostering sustainable development

  16. Sometimes one passion can pivot to another

  17. Let me introduce you to some folks that have found out why…

  18. REcovered Medical Equipment Developing Y (world) William Rosenblatt, MD

  19. Sabriye Tenberken & Paul Kronenberg

  20. Erik Weihenmayer

  21. International Institute for Social Entrepreneurs

  22. Soweto, South Africa

  23. Geek Corps Ethan Zuckerman

  24. Sustainable Sciences Institute

  25. Drs. Raj and Mabelle Arole . Shobha Arole, MD

  26. Overview of Activities (1970 – 2006) Changes in Health Indicators (1971-2006) 9,621 TB patients treated Infant Mortality Rate Reduction Maternal Health Tube-wells for safe 86.36% 198 drinking water Plant nurseries – villages 203 Antenatal Care 0.5% 100% Check dams 223 Safe Delivery <0.5% 100% Houses built for poor people Women involved in credit program 283 Family Planning <1.0% 65% Children under 5 6,064 Immun.(DPT, polio) 0.5% 87% Training in Community- Based Health (since 1983)  Persons from India  Persons from other countries Malnutr. (wt for age) 40% <1% 17,661 TB (prev./1000) 18 1.2 1,911

  27. Institute for OneWorld Health Victoria Hale, PhD

  28. Scojo Foundation.

  29. Marie Charles, MD

  30. Scojo Foundation. Jordan Kassalow, MD

  31. So, I learned there is no fixed set of rules, no set path, that you have to follow.

  32. Mother Theresa once said: “If you cannot feed one-hundred, then feed just one.”

  33. Sometimes you can at least solve part of the problem….

  34. So I have been doing some experimenting….

  35. What if you could “Open Source” Humanitarian Intervention…?

  36. What would it look like?

  37. Well, here’s one option…

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