Caroline Harper: What if we eliminated one of the world's oldest diseases?
Керълайн Харпър: Какво ако елиминирахме една от най-старите болести по света?
At Sightsavers, an international NGO, Caroline Harper leads efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world and fight for equal rights. Full bio
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just for a moment,
само за момент,
да растат навътре
instead of outwards,
the front of your eyeballs,
you went blind.
който има трахома.
to a person who has trachoma.
from Zambia, he has trachoma.
от Замбия, има трахома.
he's going to go blind.
предава от човек на човек
that's passed from person to person
ще нарани клепачите ви,
will scar your eyelids
and they turn inside out.
the contact with children.
можете да видите
in places like Ethiopia
like this around their necks,
като тези по шиите си
to pluck out their eyelashes.
temporary respite,
само временно решение,
по-големи и от преди.
more vicious than before.
people in the world
увреждания заради трахома.
because of trachoma.
има около 200 милиона хора,
as many as 200 million people
of a wall of a tomb in Northern Sudan.
надгробен камък в Северен Судан.
in a very remote village,
едно много отдалечено село
to take us down into a little tomb.
ни заведе до един малък гроб.
пинцети до него.
there are tweezers next to it.
do you think that's trachoma?"
- ми каза Саймън.
to the British Museum,
на Британския музей,
this is trachoma.
were painting pictures of trachoma
картини на трахома
и днес в тази област.
in that area today.
we know how to stop it.
от трахома са се събрали,
community have all come together
че не винаги е така
that's not always the case
for Trachoma Control.
Контрол на Трахомата.
a strategy to fight it.
как да се борим с нея.
"Сейф" стратегия
здравна организация.
by the World Health Organization.
направите на нечия веранда ако се наложи.
in somebody's front porch, if need be.
пристанищата в държавите.
to be transported to the port in-country.
of community volunteers
with all that complex logistics.
с цялата сложна логистика.
има такъв стълб.
has a pole like this.
е оцветен в различни цветове,
different colors,
да дадете на някой,
you should give somebody,
Обединеното кралство и в САЩ.
in the UK and in the US.
проблем в Джорджия,
was a real problem in Georgia
eye hospital, Moorfields,
очна болница, Муурфилдс,
how important it is to wash their faces.
да си мият лицата.
build latrines,
строят тоалетни
their animals from their living quarters
от местопребиваването им,
с тази заразна болест.
"Сайтсейвърс" имаха невероятна програма,
Sightsavers led an incredible program
Картографиране на Трахома".
Mapping Project.
to go district by district,
да обикалят окръг по окръг
of over two and a half million people.
от два и половина милиона хора.
свалят информацията.
in order to download the data.
ниво,
имат проблем с трахома.
had a problem with trachoma.
наистина тази стратегия?"
"Well, does this strategy actually work?"
който сме направили досега.
that we've made to date.
се отървали от трахомата
they've already eliminated trachoma,
or are in the process of
организация.
have the money they need,
за да елиминират трахомата.
to eliminate trachoma.
достатъчно ресурси.
they don't have enough funding.
ако не получат повече.
unless they get more.
който направихме, може да загуби скорост.
that the progress to date may stall.
от "Смелите момчета"
to the Audacious ideas guys,
през следващите 4-5 години
over the next four or five years
да премахнем трахомата
that we can eliminate trachoma
най-голям брой заразени
the highest burden of the disease,
повече от 2 милиарда долара.
billion dollars' worth of donated drugs.
the impact that we'll have --
който ще направим --
в Етиопия и Нигерия.
in Ethiopia and Nigeria.
все още в червено.
that are still red.
--
which are in conflict --
където е много трудно да се работи.
where it's very difficult to work.
стратегията и картата.
the strategy and the map.
различните правителства,
with the governments
ни е координирана
that our program is coordinated
можехме да направим това?
if we could do this?
ще е въпрос на време.
болест в световен мащаб.
from the whole world.
I just want to share with you
the founder of Sightsavers,
"Сайтсейвърс",
държава от трахома,
for the whole country,
това е ужасна болест,
this is a devastating disease
of individual people.
for as long as she could remember.
си беше направила операция.
she'd had the operation.
transformed her life.
сега живее без болка.
and she was free of pain.
да води социален живот.
докоснати от нейната история.
not to be moved by her story.
като Туайби по света.
to go blind in agony anymore.
разрешими проблеми по света.
intractable problems in this world.
без страх от трахома.
free from the fear of trachoma.
наистина да го желаем.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Caroline Harper - Advocate for visually impaired peopleAt Sightsavers, an international NGO, Caroline Harper leads efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness around the world and fight for equal rights.
Why you should listen
Dr. Caroline Harper's ultimate goal is to see herself out of a job. She runs Sightsavers, an organization with global offices that strives to eliminate avoidable blindness and ensure that people with disabilities have equal rights. Up to 75 percent of sight loss can be cured or prevented, and her team hopes to achieve their goals so spectacularly that the organization is no longer needed.
Harper worked in the gas industry until 2002, before co-founding a management business that specialized on turnaround sales of energy companies. But during what she describes as a mid-life gap year, she visited a number of developing countries and felt drawn to international development. "My own family has a lot of blindness, so the mission of Sightsavers really resonated for me," she said. "I have now been its CEO for 13 years, and every year something more incredible happens. The best moments are when I visit some of the countries where we work, sit with people in their communities and realize that what we do has a massive impact. I am so lucky."
Harper is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her work to protect the sight of people in developing countries. Sightsavers works with a range of partners and is supported by organizations such as The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust and UK aid through the UK government's Department for International Development.
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