The speaker and what he had to say was interesting. I know that we had to answer a specific question about the legacy of colonialism in places the man has worked, but when asked that question, he did not really answer it. He kind of went on a tangent about living here and stuff. So, I am just going to blog about what he said and what I found intriguing during his presentation.
The speaker works with an international organization, MSF, that is a short term emergency operation. Specifically he talked about Ebola. Children and pregnant women were the highest at risk to contract ebola.
Other things he said were that many nurses and doctors died out there, which was very devastating to their health care system! And that there were many orphans that came about it because of their parents dying from contracting ebola. It was a scary thought. Consequences that I have never thought about before. We only think about healing the sick, but we don't really think about the effects of even getting to a country like that and having them trust us and then the side effects if someone they try to treat ends up dying.
He also said that the people working in actual contact with people had to wear equipment, but they became so hot and sweaty that they are only allowed to work in them for one hour because they could faint! These people really do a lot and I was surprised and impressed with the speaker and the passion that he had for these people in resource poor countries.
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