Mary Bassett: Why your doctor should care about social justice
ماری باست: چرا پزشک شما باید به عدالت اجتماعی اهمیت دهد
Mary Bassett is fighting what may be the greatest stumbling block to equitable health care in the US: institutional racism. Full bio
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of Zimbabwe's national health policy.
سیاست ملی بهداشتی زیمباوه بود
from a long war of independence
استقلال بوجود امد
a socialist agenda:
of rural health centers
روستایی
of the population
from these facilities,
از این مراکز قرار داد،
were fully immunized.
در مقابل بیماری ها ایمن شده بودند.
to be part of this transformation,
غرور می کنم که بخشی ازاین دگردیسی،
the camaraderie, was palpable.
with brilliant Zimbabweans --
to an African independence movement,
طلبی افریقا را داشتم.
public health movement.
عمومی پیشرو متصلم.
in 1985, the year I arrived.
یعنی سال ورود من گزارش شد.
with AIDS in the early 1980s,
ایدزمراقبت کرده بودم.
at Harlem Hospital, but --
گذراندن دوره پزشکی بودم-
what lay in store for Africa.
افریقاست چیست.
two percent in my early days there.
۲ درصد بود
کردم رسید.
in the prime of life
بودم.
set up a clinic.
یک کلینیک دایر کردیم.
نشان می دادیم.
and workplace interventions.
می پرداختیم.
the partners of infected men
و به همسران مردان مبتلا
I believed that I was doing my best.
معتقد بودم که نهایت تلاشم را می کنم.
about structural change.
نمیزدم.
has spoken candidly
آشکارا
of the UN peacekeeping department.
ملل را بر عهده داشت.
I was doing my best,
نهایت تلاشم را انجام می دهم
I could and should have done
انجام می دادم
جذب کنم."
the health community unprepared,
Health Organization estimates
تخمین میزند،
have lost their lives to this disease,
از دست داده اند،
remorse and regret
پشیمانی می کنم
انجام می دادم.
as an advocacy or a political one.
epidemiology skills.
در خصوص بیماریهای اپیدمی.
was to take care of patients
بیماران
the population patterns of transmission,
تغییراتی جمعیت میدانستم،
the spread of the virus.
کند خواهیم کرد
populations were at disproportionate risk
حاشیه هستند در معرض خطر بسیارزیادی
آن هستند
resembled feudal fiefdoms
قلمروهای فئودالی
was not a moral failure
نشان مشکل اخلاقی نیست.
to a culture of male superiority,
مردسالارانه
and to colonialism.
their individual behaviors,
خود را تغییر دهند.
متعدد نداشته باشند.
became available in the West,
our most potent weapon
to the public sector across Africa.
to these life-saving drugs
economic and political systems
that I was a guest in the country,
میهمان هستم،
could even get me kicked out,
اخراج من خواهد شد،
خود،
بپردازم.
early stance on AIDS.
آشکارا مطرح نمی کرد.
نشده ام.
of the patient-doctor relationship.
along the fissures of our society,
ما نفوذ میکنند،
patterns of marginalization, exclusion,
محرومیت
gender, sexuality, class and more.
طبقاتی وغیره نیز هست.
داشت.
such as Paul Farmer,
organization of our social world,
اجتماعی ما نهادینه شده اند،
to those with privilege and power;
وامتیاز بهره مند هستند قابل دیدن نیستند،
suffering, illness -- is violent.
خشن هستند.
انجام می دهیم
towards doing public health right,
دادن حق بهداشت عمومی است،
را جلب کنیم
and create real change together.
را با هم ایجاد کنیم.
صحبت میکنم،
uncomfortable,
is about racial disparities
به نابرابری نژادی
to have in this country anymore,
شاهد آن باشیم،
افراد پرداخت می کنیم.
زنگ خطر
in the United States,
درایالات متحده
and interpersonal violence
می زند،
that's death before the age of 65 --
از ۶۵ سالگی اطلاق می شود
for black men than white ones.
ازمردان سفید پوستان است.
the risk of dying related to childbirth
در مقایسه با
of death in its first year of life
across the United States.
missing black men across the country.
در سرتاسر کشورمفقود شده اند.
between the ages of 25 and 54 years
زودهنگام.
faced by young black men,
در مورد مردان سیاهپوست که کانون،
under the banner #BlackLivesMatter.
تویتری " حیات ساهپوستان مهم است."
of common medical conditions --
که همگان با آن مواجه هستند مانند--
بکشند
black lives prematurely.
می گیرد را به یاد داشته باشیم.
movement unfolded,
مهم است"،
to even use the word "racism"
از واژه
every time I've said it.
من این واژه رابیان کردم
held die-ins in their white coats,
به نشانه مرگ در خیابان دراز کشیدند،
has largely stood by passively
در حالی که
continues to affect
and precision medicine,
هر فرد،
to better tailor treatment,
جهت درمان دقیق تر،
to lose sight of the big picture,
تصویر بزرگ را ببینیم،
determines population health,
را تعیین میکند،
who is unable to follow medical advice
نمیتواند انجام دهد
who is contemplating suicide
to feel that she is responsible
حس کند او مسئول
gives our voices great credibility,
میبخشد،
بیان نکردم متاسفم،
Health Commissioner,
جلب کنم.
when you speak out against sexism
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mary Bassett - New York City Health CommissionerMary Bassett is fighting what may be the greatest stumbling block to equitable health care in the US: institutional racism.
Why you should listen
New York City Public Health Commissioner Mary Bassett has been a health activist since her Radcliffe days of volunteering at a Black Panther Clinic. She began her career on the medical faculty at the University of Zimbabwe, a position she held for 17 years. The valuable lessons she learned in Harare, including the development of one of the first HIV awareness programs, gave her a unique perspective in tackling community health challenges for New York City’s diverse populations. She has led the charge to nudge healthier behaviors, including pushing for higher cigarette taxes and banning artificial trans fats in restaurants.
In her current role, she has called for the medical community’s deeper engagement in the #BlackLivesMatter movement and efforts to tackle institutional racism.
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