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HealthMade by Squad 4: SGT Lim Jian Song
SGT Ho Jian YanSGT Andre Sim
Health
The state of being free from illness or injury
A person’s mental or physical condition
Marc Koska
About Marc Koska- Read an article in 1984 about prediction of HIV
spreading due to unsafe injections- Got determined to stop infections due to unsafe
injections- Learnt how UK drug addicts used syringes - Went to Geneva to learn about public health policy - Invented the non-reusable K1 and Star syringes
What made him inspired to work towards this goal of his?“The alarm bells first rang back in 1984.The article predicted – accurately, as it turned out - that HIV would spread via unsafe injections like a bush fire. Appalled at the prospect of such an avoidable catastrophe, I decided there and then to try and do something about it.”
-Marc Koska
What was he trying to achieve?Stop the re-use of syringes and to save
lives by reducing blood-borne infections being spread through unsafe injections.
What aspect of the social entrepreneur did you find most inspiring?The social entrepreneur did not hesitate to choose to stop the infections caused by the unsafe injections and chose to step out of his comfort zone where he could have chosen a more stable job. This shows his determination and commitment to his cause.
Would you leave familiar and comfortable surroundings to help others?Yes. It is important to help others in times of need should one be capable of doing so.
Safe Point Trust
About Safepoint Trust● Founded in 2006
● Is a charity organization
● Aims to use information to solve basic health care problems
● Works to inform the public about how doctors and medical practitioners are routinely giving patients unsafe injections
● Work closely with a number of the major healthcare organisations (such as the WHO and PATH) through to tiny NGO’s operating in rural communities
What do they do?
Run public awareness campaigns targeting both healthcare workers and the general public
Increase knowledge of how to give and receive safe injections, and the consequences of an unsafe one.
Drive policy change at a ministerial level ensuring that AD (Auto-Disable) syringes are made standard, and available in countries that need them most.
Push public awareness through the release of dedicated short films that inform, shock and kick-start action.
Sources http://safepointtrust.org/
http://safepointtrust.org/about.htm/
https://www.ted.com/talks/marc_koska_the_devastating_toll_of_syringe_reuse?language=en
for your kind attention!
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