In this TED talk, Myriam Sidibe discusses the simple, cost-effective way to avoid the spread of viruses and disease: hand-washing.
This easy task cuts down risk of pneumonia, diarrhea, cholera and worse. Sidibe, a public-health expert, takes the TED stage to make a case for public-private partnerships to promote clean hands, as well as local, sustainable entrepreneurship.
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As she points out, the amount of deaths in young kids because of preventable disease transfer ends up being the same as if 60 airplanes full of children crashed everyday. Diarrhea and pneumonia are the top killers of children under the age of five.
During cold and flu season, this is especially important, but even with the Ebola outbreak, washing hands with soap is an important part of avoiding infection.
Refocusing on this simple task that we sometimes take for granted is an important endeavor, and it involves incorporating the private sector and big businesses doing their part to make these habits a social norm in other cultures, according to Sidibe.
Balancing the Role of Physicians and AI [Video]
At the ViVE conference in LA, Smarter Technologies Chief Medical Officer Ruben Amarasingham MD talked with Katie Adams about the company's larger goals for AI: to improve the accuracy of data and make healthcare less burdensome for physicians and clinicians.