The stories of A.B. and Musu have taught me something fundamental about being human.
We will bring those to community health workers around the world,
including A.B. and Musu.
And when Musu shows up for training,
her instructors are stuck using flip charts and markers.
But nurses and doctors are concentrated in cities, so rural communities like Musu's have been left behind.
What if Musu could help us bring health care
from clinics in cities to the doorsteps of her neighbors?
What if we could have community members like Musu be a part or even be the center of our medical team?
We designed a three-step process-- train, equip and pay--
to invest more deeply in volunteers like Musu to become paraprofessionals, to become
community health workers.
Without technology-- without this smartphone, without this rapid test-- it would have been impossible for us to be able to employ A.B. and Musu.
In Liberia,
the Liberian government is training thousands of workers like A.B. and Musu after Ebola, to bring health care to every child
and family in the country.
There are millions of volunteers like Musu in rural parts around our world,
and we got to thinking-- community members like Musu could actually help us solve a puzzle.
And we will create a network of companies and entrepreneurs who have created innovations that can save lives and
help them connect to workers like Musu, so she can help better serve her community.
Musu has learned over 30 medical skills,
from screening children for malnutrition, to assessing the cause of a child's cough with a smartphone, to supporting people with HIV and providing follow-up care to patients who have lost their limbs.