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Why we keep failing to eradicate this disease, with YouTuber John Green

2025/5/15
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John Green: 我认为我们会解决我们关注的问题。如果我感到自己在关注一个没有足够多的人关注的问题，这既令人兴奋又令人沮丧。这意味着在晚餐时，我可能是一个奇怪的伙伴，因为我只想谈论一件事，而其他人可能没有意识到这个问题有多么重要。我写这本书是因为我对为什么在1950年代已经可以治愈的疾病，至今还导致数百万人死亡感到着迷。我认为这是因为我们没有建立起反映每个人生命具有同等意义的系统，导致我们无法有效地将治疗方法提供给最需要的人。我们需要缩小富裕世界和贫困世界之间的同理心差距，并利用社交互联网的力量来提高人们的意识，从而促成改变。 Jeff Berman: 根除结核病需要大量的资金，根据联合国的估计，每年需要250亿美元。这笔钱在硅谷可能不算多，但在全球健康领域却是一笔巨款。我们如何才能更好地调动资源，并确保这些资源能够到达最需要它们的地方？

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Despite being curable since the 1950s, tuberculosis continues to kill over a million people annually. This chapter explores the reasons behind this ongoing crisis, highlighting the disparity in access to cure and the resulting injustice.
  • Tuberculosis is curable but access to cure is limited.
  • Over 150 million people have died from TB since it became curable.
  • The disease disproportionately affects impoverished populations.
  • The author's interest in TB stems from its representation of healthcare inequity.

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John Green has spent his career telling stories — through novels, YouTube videos, and educational projects like Crash Course. Now, he’s on a mission to eliminate tuberculosis: a curable disease that still kills more than a million people every year. In this episode, Green joins host Jeff Berman to talk about how we could scale solutions to this global health crisis — and how to leverage obsession, creativity, and community to take on monumental challenges.

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