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Pallavi Khare: Unlearning Mental Health One Fact at a Time

Jan 12, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha India,  Pallavi Khare,  SDG3,  USA
Pallavi Khare: Unlearning Mental Health One Fact at a Time
Pallavi: India faces a high burden of adolescent mental health issues- 1 in 5 adolescents in India suffer from mental morbidity. Anxiety and fear for the future have increased significantly during COVID-19. Depression-related illnesses peak in adolescence, just as gender norms are being consolidated. Indian adolescents face high gender discrimination (40% of adolescents girls in India drop out of school) and have problematic gender attitudes (42% of adolescent boys agree to violence being a medium of control).

Devon Saliga: Bilingual Communication for Better Health Outcomes

Jan 12, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha Devon Saliga,  SDG3,  USA
Devon Saliga: Bilingual Communication for Better Health Outcomes
Devon: You can think of Beepboop as the free UberPool for language learning. We connect groups of students on-demand to live language instructors, in low-bandwidth friendly, audio-only, speaking-focused classes. We’re building technology that enables educators to simultaneously engage hundreds of students in exercises that get them comfortable conversing in a new language. With Beepboop, we want all of the half a billion students studying a new language to actually learn how to speak that new language. 

Sylvana Q. Sinha: Leading the Fastest Growing Healthcare Brand in a Fast-growing Economy

Jan 12, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha Bangladesh,  SDG3,  Sylvana Sinha,  USA
Sylvana Q. Sinha: Leading the Fastest Growing Healthcare Brand in a Fast-growing Economy
Sylvana: The problem we face is that Bangladesh’s health system puts profits over patients, and incentives drive patients toward hospitals. Praava Health is Bangladesh’s fastest-growing healthcare brand - combining digital tools with meaningful doctor-patient relationships, quality diagnostics, and prescriptions. Praava does things differently, with a care model that improves experiences and outcomes through world-class clinics, technology, and business innovations. Our brick-and-click in-clinic and virtual care models in Bangladesh reduce hospitalizations and the burden on health systems and patients.