Andrew Bastawrous: Get your next eye exam on a smartphone
Andrew Bastawrous: Nechajte si oči vyšetriť smartfónom
Andrew Bastawrous studies eye health -- and builds accessible new tools to bring eye care to more people. Full bio
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ako napríklad Keňa,
alebo sa im dá predísť.
som sa s rodinou
stovku kliník naprieč
k mobilnému telefónu,
že by sme mohli využiť
novým spôsobom.
očnú starostlivosť úplne všade.
traditional hospital equipment,
tradičné nemocničné zariadenie,
pomocou aplikácie a očnej kamery.
we've learned in the field,
čo sme sa naučili v teréne,
v zrozumiteľnom jazyku,
a čo to pre nich znamená.
do ich kože a pomôcť im.
že niekto má slabý zrak,
je stanovenie príčiny.
do vnútra ľudského oka.
ktorá obsahuje
informácii o ľudskom tele
že to môže urobiť úplne každý.
ako dva a pol tisíci ľuďoch,
pripnutým zariadením
v hodnote 150 000 dolárov
poskytnúť zdravotnú starostlivosť.
needed to deliver health care.
slnečnou energiou,
nabité a v pohotovosti.
kedy príde pacient za nami.
anyone with minimal training.
so základným kurzom.
odborníkov do ich domovov,
hromadných textových správ
dohodnúť na liečbe.
že toto nie je niečo,
za menej ako 40 dolárov.
sú vždy zlý nápad,
na telefón sa dá vyrobiť
veľa o ľudskom druhu,
ale neposkytujeme ju.
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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