The Motorcycle Doctors
Off-Road Health Care in Rural Africa
What good are vaccines if they never reach the people who need them? For millions of Africans living in rural villages far from medical facilities, isolation can lead to disease and death.
In this original GOOD video we look at Riders for Health, a U.K.-based organization that uses high-speed off-road motorcycles to bring medical help to remote villages in Nigeria, Zimbabwe and The Gambia.
For more on Riders for Health see "Rx Games".
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This was a great story and video!!! Very well done. I'd like to see it on national news (Brian Williams?) Tell him about it. HOpe all can keep up their good work. Very heartwarming.
J.Ross
Posted on September 19, 2007 — by jross
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Great video!
Great cause and great video. Congrats on covering this important topic in such an insightful and impactful way! Thanks to the author for doing this great work!
Posted on September 20, 2007 — by goldie
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Thank you
Living in Southern Africa, there is a good chance that I've seen some areas of rural isolation which other people have not been exposed to. South Africa has access to more resources than some of our neighbouring countries, and when I lived and worked in Botswana it was incredible to see the time and effort that went into the most routine doctor's check-up. Many of the women that worked at the lodge which I was based at, lost their newborn babies - because when your baby gets sick and you don't have immediate transport to get to a hospital, then there is a good chance that baby will die. Botswana has great medical services, and I speak under correction, but I believe its free for the locals. But having Doctors that can come around on a weekly basis on motorbikes will provide all the people with an even greater chance at raising healthy children!!
Thank you for reaching out to these wonderful people of Africa! If you have not yet been to Africa, then you are missing out on meeting some of the most dinamic people in this world of ours.
Thank you for helping my fellow Africans.
M. Marx
Posted on September 29, 2007 — by MarieMarx
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good.
a super simple solution to a serious problem, i love it. a great video to feature it, too.
Posted on October 1, 2007 — by greenteamUSA
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