Zubaida Bai: A simple birth kit for mothers in the developing world
茱白达·巴伊: 为发展中世界女性提供的分娩工具箱
Zubaida Bai innovates health and livelihood solutions for underserved women and girls around the world. Full bio
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that you will listen to me,
be prepared for birth;
of access to basic clean tools
die every single year
to basic cleanliness
and listening to their needs,
on how she delivered babies in her house.
如何在家里接生。
conversation with her
calling to do what she was doing,
to deliver the babies?
the mother and the baby," she said.
agricultural tool in my hand in shock.
hugged her and walked away.
of my own infection
for a year past childbirth
to the best medical care,
with my father,
would be so different
just next to him growing up.
我开始了调查，
I started my process of research.
that there was a product out there
based on availability of funding.
我又震惊了。
I was in shock again.
给自己分娩。
to deliver my baby, I thought.
我去拜访了一些女性，
I went back to the women,
of using this product.
the same reaction and more.
deliver on a floor
把孩子生出来
血会流的到处都是。
that smeared blood all over.
这会增加感染几率。
it would cause more infection.
to bacterial infection
男人刮胡子用的，
that men used for shaving,
anywhere close to them.
to redesign this product,
设计这个产品，
consulted in this process.
需要这样的设备
was not only in homes
也有同样的需求。
with high-volume births.
更加骇人。
were even more daunting.
我的设计流程
by collecting feedback,
researching global protocols.
we went back to the women
都会拿去给女性看，
was that these women,
非常重要的位置。
on their health and well-being.
一款设计良好的产品
a well-designed product
working with experts,
跟专家合作，
容易的过程，
an easy process at all,
简单优美的产品。
the existing product was offered for,
发售“janma”
to deliver "janma,"
卫生分娩套装。
a blood-absorbing sheet
包含一张隔尿垫
吸收血水，
一块小肥皂，一副手套，
a bar of soap, a pair of gloves
婴儿包巾。
to wipe the baby clean.
好看的钱包中
in a beautiful purse
as a gift after all her hard work,
自豪地带回家。
as a symbol of prosperity.
Can I keep it?"
"Will you give me a different color
“当我下一次生孩子的时候“
that this was the first purse
and its simplicity,
医疗行为准则
globally recommended medical protocol
使操作遵守准则。
to follow steps one after the other.
也可以在医疗机构中使用。
but also in institutional settings.
over 600,000 mothers and babies
超过60万母亲和孩子
to watch these numbers grow,
让我感觉到谦卑
尽快突破一千万。
we reach a hundred million.
需要低成本解决方案。
that require low-cost interventions.
照料好妇女和女童
that if we invest in women and girls
health and well-being,
健康和富裕程度。
and prosperous communities.
将问题简化、更有尊严：
and dignity to women's health issues:
到打破禁忌，
to breaking taboos,
掌控她们自己的生活。
to take control of their own lives.
without engaging men and women alike
by Leonard Cohen:
写的抒情诗：
将女性的健康问题
placed in the world of women's health
可持续发展的中心。
are at the center of a sustainable world,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Zubaida Bai - Women's health advocateZubaida Bai innovates health and livelihood solutions for underserved women and girls around the world.
Why you should listen
Building on her expertise as a mechanical engineer, a social worker and her public speaking skills, Zubaida Bai put her unique passion to work. In the process, she built a brand and a product line, and she set in motion a movement that addresses market failures, breaks taboos and gives voice to the oft-ignored matter that is women’s health.
Bai is the founder and CEO of ayzh (pronounced "eyes"), a social enterprise based in India that designs vital healthcare products to improve the health and happiness of women and girls across their reproductive lives. Bai launched her company with janma, a $3 clean birth kit in a purse, but her story goes further back to when she stood by her mother to face head-on the challenge of survival facing her family when she had just entered her teens.
janma was conceived after traveling to one of the poorest communities in India and confronting the reality that more than one million mothers and babies lose their lives in the developing world each year due to uncleanliness at the time of childbirth. Packaged in a pink biodegradable jute bag, a design that mothers can reuse as a purse, the kit provides both cleanliness and dignity. Since beginning sales in 2012, Bai's company has sold more than 250,000 kits to more than 300 health institutions in 20 countries, touching the lives of more than 500,000 women and newborns. Bai is now expanding her product line to include kits for newborn, postpartum and menstrual health, while scaling her proven model across India and into Africa.
Bai was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, a Maternal Health Champion by Ashoka, a TED speaker (Fellow and Resident) and the United Nations SDG Pioneer by the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). ayzh's strategic partners from around the world who have written about Zubaida's work: TOMS shared her safe birth story; USAID blogged about how she's empowering women through a simple purse; and Grand Challenges Canada recognizes her lead role in scaling life-changing kits for mothers and newborns.
Bai believes that building a sustainable company takes a great team, stamina and a sturdy suitcase. She is fluent in eight languages and travels the world forging new partnerships and advocating for women's health. She has spoken at events for Women in the World, Pfizer Foundation and Women Deliver. She holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering specializing in development of modular products, and an MBA in social and sustainable enterprises.
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