Andrew Bastawrous: A new way to fund health care for the most vulnerable
אנדרו בסטוורוס: שיטה חדשה למימון שירות רפואי עבור אוכלוסיות חלשות
Andrew Bastawrous studies eye health -- and builds accessible new tools to bring eye care to more people. Full bio
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היו חברות הכי טובות
literally, for 10 years,
באמת, במשך 10 שנים,
from a curable condition called cataracts.
ממצב רפואי בר טיפול הנקרא קטרקט.
sat together for over an hour
ישובות אחת על יד השנייה מעל שעה
at the nearest hospital.
בבית החולים הקרוב.
she would poison her grandson,
שהיא תרעיל את הנכד שלה,
what she was cooking for him.
מה היא מבשלת עבורו.
from cooking on a charcoal stove,
מבישול בתנור פחם,
her six-year-old grandson of his childhood
מנכדה בן השש את הילדות שלו
was going through the generations.
or break the cycle of poverty.
או לשבור את מעגל העוני.
solutions existing.
in under 10 minutes
who are blind don't need to be;
עיוורים, לא חייבים להיות;
treatments already exist.
to the nearest hospital
look me in the eyes,
להסתכל לי בעיניים,
on her eyes called pterygium
על העיניים שלה הנקרא פטריגיום
for marriage or children
it was pretty straightforward.
הדבר היה פשוט למדי.
that the funds we had
to cover her treatment,
were common every day,
קורים בכל יום,
funding hadn't been earmarked.
or smart philanthropy on paper,
או אסטרטגיה פילנתרופית על הנייר,
when you're looking the person in the eye.
כאשר עומדים מול בן אדם.
to millions of people the world over.
למיליוני אנשים ברחבי העולם.
for a very long time.
that completely transformed my life.
ששינו לי את החיים לחלוטין.
that I would go for an eye test.
brown boy in the school,
a chocolate chip in rice pudding,
כמו שוקולד צ׳יפ בפודינג וניל,
was not particularly appealing.
לא היה מושך במיוחד.
an eye test with wearing glasses
בדיקת עיניים ולהרכיב משקפיים
with the trial lenses
בעזרת עדשות נסיון
at just how poor my sight was.
to report what I could see.
כדי לדווח מה אני יכול לראות.
trees had leaves on them.
שלעצים יש עלים עליהם.
I saw stars in the night sky.
ראיתי כוכבים בשמי הלילה.
of my life changed.
who was constantly told I was lazy
שנאמר לו באופן קבוע שהוא עצלן
with opportunity and potential.
this opportunity was not universal.
היא לא בינלאומית.
are originally from,
a lot more like me
and they had theirs?
ולהם יש את שלהם?
that completely changed my life
still can't access them.
עדיין אין גישה אליהם.
drove me to become a doctor,
דחפה אותי להיות רופא,
packed our bags and moved to Kenya
ארזנו את חפצינו ועברנו לקניה
a hundred eye clinics
like Mama Jane and Theresa.
called Peek Vision,
we built smartphone technology
הקמנו טכנולוגיית מכשירים חכמים
for people in the community
who are being missed,
אשר נופלות בין הכסאות,
easier to diagnose them
לאבחן אותם יותר בקלות
I'd had as a child,
25 of them, with smartphones
in 21,000 children
to reach 200,000 children,
על מנת להגיע ל200,000 ילדים
in six new programs
ב6 תכניות חדשות
same problems I had with Theresa
שהייתה לי עם תרזה
was build an incredible team
זה לבנות צוות מדהים
that would change the lives
whatever their needs were.
with partners who understood,
עם שותפים שהבינו זאת,
where your money's going,
על הגוף אליו הכסף שלך הולך,
through the requirement
lots of paperwork.
if the dynamic needs of people
on delivering the plan?
we should have to make,
we can only serve one master.
אנחנו יכולים לשרת רק אדון אחד.
vulnerable amongst us.
את הפגיעים ביותר בקרבנו.
and too many people are being left behind.
ויותר מדי אנשים נשארים מאחור.
incredible supporters and partners,
תומכים ושותפים מדהימים,
is being screened and treated
that good vision affords.
partners and stakeholders,
to eventually come on board.
in their own national budget.
מהתקציב הממשלתי שלהם.
the resources to do this.
came alongside us,
הלכו איתנו יד ביד,
we were aligned on mission,
what had to be done.
and gave us autonomy
ambitious and take risk.
נועזים ולקחת סיכון.
the social causes we're trying to solve?
כל המטרות החברתיות שאנו מנסים לפתור?
the autonomy to be creative
vulnerable in our societies.
the amount on tackling the global goals
הכמות על טיפול ביעדים עולמיים
the very inequalities we're not serving.
מאותו חוסר השוויון ממנו אנו מתעלמים.
it makes business sense.
זהו הגיון עסקי.
would gain 1.3 billion dollars
תרוויח 1.3 מיליאר דולר
that value is generated in the future,
to pay for it up front,
לעצמכם לשלם על הכל מיד,
can realize that future value now.
יכולים להבין את הערך העתידי היום.
in the house straightaway.
all of the money to move into the house,
את כל הכסף בשביל להכנס לבית הזה,
whilst trying to save the money
תוך כדי שאתם מנסים לחסוך כסף
never able to get there,
ובלי הצלחה,
we've put on ourselves.
בה קשרנו את עצמנו.
of our funders and partners,
של המממנים והשותפים שלנו,
two world-leading banks,
not-for-profit organizations,
וארגונים ללא מטרות רווח,
built in by design.
the need of the most vulnerable.
את הצורך של הפגיעים ביותר.
can work together in partnership,
יוכלו לעבוד יחד בשיתוף,
of an entire population,
של אוכלוסיה שלמה,
the individuals affected
and social difference,
will create sustainability
catalytic cycle of improvement and change.
like myself can be met.
has come together this year
with 53 heads of government,
to quality eye care for all.
of glasses to the fund
and individual needs of people --
required simple surgery --
her place back in society,
הייתה לקבל בחזרה את מקומה בחברה.
it wasn't just restoring her sight,
לא מדובר רק בהשבת הראייה שלה,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Andrew Bastawrous - Eye surgeon, inventorAndrew Bastawrous studies eye health -- and builds accessible new tools to bring eye care to more people.
Why you should listen
Andrew Bastawrous is cofounder and CEO of Peek Vision, a social impact organization that uses smartphone technology to radically increase access to eye care in some of the most challenging places in the world. Bastawrous is also an ophthalmologist (eye surgeon) and Associate Professor in International Eye Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Peek's vision app, Peek Acuity, is being used to transform eye health in more than 150 countries. The organization ran one of the top-ten all-time Indiegogo crowd-funding campaigns in the health sector -- for Peek Retina, a smartphone ophthalmoscope -- and was voted "best social-impact start-up in Europe" by Google and McKinsey in 2016. All prize money has been re-invested in Peek.
Bastawrous is working with astrophysicists to crowdsource retinal data; with National Geographic explorers to reach isolated communities; and with artists and activists to advocate for eye care globally. He and his wife Madeleine have established a social enterprise healthy bakery in Kenya that provides employment, with profits paying for eye care.
In 2018, Bastawrous was invited to deliver the Commonwealth Address in the presence of the British Royal Family, where he announced the creation of a new one-billion-dollar Vision Catalyst Fund -- a new vision for international aid.
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