Ted Talk Speech
TED TALK: The Simple Power of Hand-Washing Dr. Myriam Sidibe promotes hand-washing with soap all over the country, organizing partnerships with communities, companies and much more. She is the only women in the world with a doctorate degree in public health, specializing in hand-washing. She is also a part of the Global Social Mission Director of LifeBuoy soap. I could tell she is very altruistic by the way she speaks of others. Dr. Sidibe has practiced intercultural empathy, and now for fourteen years she has traveled to fifty-five countries all over the world, working with thousands of children to get a better understanding of when soap is not used and how and when it should be used effectively. I am sure she has been through cultural shock along the way of visiting fifty-five countries. We take washing our hands with soap for granted most of the time. Four out of five people do not wash their hands after leaving the restroom. Diarrhea and Ammonia are the two top killers of children under the age of five. We could prevent that by simply washing our hands! In Dr. Myriam Sidibes’ speech, she talks about how soap reduces respiratory infection by 1/3rd. It reduces our chances of getting the Flu, Ebola, Cholera and much more. We could save the lives of thousands of babies if we just used soap. She said that if soap was used every time our hands were dirty, we could save 600,000 thousand children every year! Dr. Sidibe has been more than comforting in her speech and journey by saving thousands of lives and sharing her knowledge and ideas on how to make the world a healthier place. Now, could you guess what the world’s best invention in public health is? It is soap, of course!