Center for Global Health Equity

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1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:02,410 - My name is Adrian Gardner. 2 00:00:02,410 --> 00:00:05,350 I'm an infectious disease physician here at IU. 3 00:00:05,350 --> 00:00:08,120 I've been based in Kenya for the last seven years 4 00:00:08,120 --> 00:00:10,670 as the executive field director for the AMPATH Consortium. 5 00:00:10,670 --> 00:00:14,010 The Consortium's a group of North American institutions 6 00:00:14,010 --> 00:00:15,710 that partner together under the leadership 7 00:00:15,710 --> 00:00:18,220 of Indiana University and ultimately partner together 8 00:00:18,220 --> 00:00:21,160 with Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital and Moi University, 9 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:22,810 particularly the college of health sciences. 10 00:00:22,810 --> 00:00:24,010 I'm a bit of an AMPATH lifer. 11 00:00:24,010 --> 00:00:28,450 I went first Eldoret in 2001 as a medical student 12 00:00:28,450 --> 00:00:32,917 from Brown University and then returned in 2006-2007 13 00:00:34,380 --> 00:00:37,540 for a year as the internal medicine team leader 14 00:00:37,540 --> 00:00:40,390 and I was going back and forth working tuberculosis 15 00:00:40,390 --> 00:00:43,730 and HIV and then returned full-time in 2012 16 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,740 as the executive field director. 17 00:00:46,740 --> 00:00:49,600 I caught the bug in 2001 as a student. 18 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,440 I think it just, it's a very unique model of engagement 19 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:57,910 in global health and it gives us all an opportunity 20 00:00:57,910 --> 00:01:02,080 to engage in direct patient care and that mission 21 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:03,170 of leading with care. 22 00:01:03,170 --> 00:01:06,310 Creating a platform for education and research, 23 00:01:06,310 --> 00:01:11,310 but the concept of leading with care was very appealing. 24 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:15,530 Yeah, so IU and through the AMPATH partnership 25 00:01:16,620 --> 00:01:20,060 have really had a major impact on the HIV epidemic 26 00:01:20,060 --> 00:01:23,350 and really health systems in western Kenya. 27 00:01:23,350 --> 00:01:25,700 I think there's no question that AMPATH was one 28 00:01:27,099 --> 00:01:30,040 of the leaders in providing HIV care in the beginning 29 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:34,480 and because of the institutional partnership 30 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:37,630 that we had, we were able to rapidly scale up 31 00:01:37,630 --> 00:01:40,370 our HIV treatment program in a way that really 32 00:01:42,070 --> 00:01:43,910 made a huge difference in people's lives 33 00:01:43,910 --> 00:01:47,560 and there's still significant amounts of stigma 34 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,130 and there are still people who delay coming 35 00:01:49,130 --> 00:01:52,790 to seek care because of lack of disclosure 36 00:01:52,790 --> 00:01:55,660 or concern about stigma. 37 00:01:55,660 --> 00:01:57,830 It's definitely gotten better than it used to be, 38 00:01:57,830 --> 00:02:01,053 but there's still some ways to go. 39 00:02:02,220 --> 00:02:04,983 My favorite part of working with AMPATH is really 40 00:02:06,410 --> 00:02:07,500 the people that we work with. 41 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:10,750 We have an amazing team, both Kenyans and North Americans 42 00:02:10,750 --> 00:02:12,810 and we have a great community of people that are all 43 00:02:12,810 --> 00:02:15,370 striving to work in the same direction 44 00:02:15,370 --> 00:02:20,370 to try and improve care and education and do groundbreaking 45 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:24,380 research that can inform care models in sub-Saharan 46 00:02:24,380 --> 00:02:27,070 Africa and other parts of the world. 47 00:02:27,070 --> 00:02:29,140 So being part of a team where we're all feeling 48 00:02:29,140 --> 00:02:30,500 like we're moving in the same direction 49 00:02:30,500 --> 00:02:33,910 and unified in our vision is really 50 00:02:33,910 --> 00:02:35,590 the most important thing. 51 00:02:35,590 --> 00:02:38,430 And I think the opportunity to really touch patients 52 00:02:38,430 --> 00:02:40,120 and make a huge difference in someone's life 53 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:42,830 when you're dealing with that level of poverty, 54 00:02:42,830 --> 00:02:45,180 it's very easy to make a huge difference in someone's 55 00:02:45,180 --> 00:02:49,000 life by something very simple and that's very meaningful 56 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,178 and rewarding because you get that immediate feedback.