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Time is critical when dealing with a stroke and other acute events. But survival rates shouldn’t be determined by luck. The best chance for survival requires a coordinated system of care like the one Sarah experienced.

At the Extreme Affordability Conference in Accra, we saw some of the unusual partnerships and switchpoints that are transforming West Africa’s health and tech landscape.

MiracleFeet team members Natalia Siegel and Caroline Perkinson attended the two-day conference last month. Here are the top five lessons they took away from the event.

The topics were wide-ranging—technology, gender equality, healthcare for all, and the spread of fake news. Here are a few things we learned during our time at SwitchPoint:

Fear and bias get in the way of humanitarian work every day. We'll move forward anyway.

Day 1 of SwitchPoint 2018 focused on fake news, true stories, and the power both have over how we do good—and how we do evil.

Art reveals the best and the worst of humanity. It helps us understand each other, reach each other. And as humanitarians, we should remember that behind all our data and frameworks and acronyms, we are simply human beings reaching out to other human beings.

Women make up 75% of the health workforce in many countries, but hold only 25% of leadership roles. And while up to 84% of global health students are women, they hold only 24% of global health faculty positions and a quarter of directorships in global health centers.So we’re beginning a new series on IntraHealth’s VITAL about women leaders in global health. We’ll be featuring women leaders from throughout the health care and global health fields this year to get their insights on what it will take to change the statistics.

We love it for the inspiration we feel there, the connections we make, the performances that move us.