American - Scientist | -
Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.
Seth Berkley
LeadershipPowerVisionAbout
The pathway to a more sustainable future for all children must include access to the basic building blocks of good health, including nutrition, water, and immunizations.
GoodFutureGood HealthChildren
Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power. And I try to model that in all of my interactions.
LeadershipPowerVisionTryModel
Historically, industrial revolutions haven't been kind to poor people. Despite the potential benefits technology can offer, the immediate impact on the lowest-paid members of society has often been negative.
TechnologyPeopleSocietyNegative
Children who are healthy - and have adequate nutrition - are much more likely to attend school. People who finish school and do well have higher earning potential in their adult lives.
ChildrenSchoolPeoplePotential
For just a few dollars a dose, vaccines save lives and help reduce poverty. Unlike medical treatment, they provide a lifetime of protection from deadly and debilitating disease. They are safe and effective. They cut healthcare and treatment costs, reduce the number of hospital visits, and ensure healthier children, families and communities.
ChildrenMedicalHelpHealthcare
With infectious disease, without vaccines, there's no safety in numbers.
SafetyNumbersWithoutVaccines
If you want to know the value of vaccines, just spend some time in a clinic in Africa. The faces of the mothers and fathers say it all: vaccines prevent illness and save lives.
TimeValueYouKnowSayWant
Measles is probably the best argument for why there needs to be global health, and why we have to think about it as a global public good. Because in a sense, measles is the canary in the coal mine for immunization. It is, you know, highly transmissible. The vaccine costs 15 cents, so it's not - you know, shouldn't be an issue in terms of cost.
GoodHealthBestThinkYouArgument
By recognizing that infectious disease is not some faraway exotic issue but a global problem, and by sharing the responsibility for its prevention, diagnosis, and control, the whole world will be a lot safer.
ResponsibilityControlWorldProblem
Now, when you get a viral infection, what normally happens is it takes days or weeks for your body to fight back at full strength, and that might be too late. When you're pre-immunized, what happens is you have forces in your body pre-trained to recognize and defeat specific foes. So that's really how vaccines work.
WorkStrengthFightYouBodyBack
Now, you might think of flu as just a really bad cold, but it can be a death sentence. Every year, 36,000 people in the United States die of seasonal flu. In the developing world, the data is much sketchier, but the death toll is almost certainly higher.
DeathPeopleWorldColdThinkYear
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Seth Berkley quotes