Blog Post 7_Fall 2020

World Hope International

    1. WHI is a multi-national non-profit dedicated to alleviating global poverty and improving global health, has been instrumental in providing access to resources and facilitating networking opportunities within Sierra Leone during our team’s developmental phase.
    2. They are actively stationed in countries including Liberia, Haiti and other Sub-Saharan African countries.
    3. Following integration into large hospitals, WHI has interests aligned with our goal to develop education and screening programs for Peripheral Health Units (PHUs) in peri-urban and rural areas
    4. Responsible for developing Community Health Worker (CHW) systems in the Bombali, Tonkolili, and Kareneh districts of Sierra Leone and have excellent ground network to integrate sickle cell education and testing into PHUs and these CHWs work with

We would like to work with WHI to leverage their social capital and their political capital. They have allowed us to access their office space and other practical resources within Sierra Leone. They split the risks with us to help us advance our venture forward. In return, as a symbiotic relationship, we provide passionate goals to innovate impact and implementation of our device, while at the same time, having the ability to conduct in-field research with evidence based approaches. Since WHI will serve as a significant partner to help establish our venture after launch, we must strengthen this partnership by connecting with someone internally within the organization, to have larger discussions about what needs to be done in order to have the device implemented successfully.

 

Sickle Cell Careers Awareness Network (SCCAN)

    1. SCCAN is an organization that aims to raise awareness about SCD, treatment and prevention while also offering practical support for those with SCD.
    2. Our team aims to collaborate with SCCAN through SCD treatment efforts. We could reimburse the profits of our product into SCCAN for penicillin prophylaxis and hydroxyurea supplements.
    3. We are part of a coalition working together towards a common goal

With SCCAN we have a symbiotic relationship as they provide the legal cover for our ventures in the country since they are legal organizations as a nonprofit and we can serve as their partners. We bring specific areas of expertise that the organization may not have and possibly additional revenues to be used for SCD treatment. Overall, we have the ability to go out and innovate with evidence based approaches. The team currently doesn’t have close collaboration with someone who is a part of this organization, so in order to strengthen that, we must find contact with someone internally to keep constant contact with in order to see how they can offer support to our venture.

 

Dr. Cheedy Jaja

    1. Interests aligns with our goals: currently is researching sickle cell disease (SCD), pharmacogenetics and health care disparities.
    2. Has built excellent relationships with relevant stakeholders in Sierra Leone and created partnerships with SCD patient advocacy groups to organize and conduct community advocacy campaigns to increase SCD education and awareness.
    3. Is a PI for the Sierra Leone Sickle Cell Disease Data Collection Project with an approved IRB surveillance and support from the US Department Fulbright Scholar.
    4. Is an expert SCD consultant on the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sickle Cell Disease Technical Working Group. The group is currently developing guidelines for clinical management of SCD in Sierra Leone. He represents Sierra Leone on the African Newborn Screening and Early Intervention Consortium.
    5. He has assembled a multidisciplinary team with expertise in multiple areas (nursing science, hematology, implementation science, public health, qualitative methods, and epidemiology) pertinent for successful execution of our proposed study
    6. Our team has been in contact with Dr. Cheedy Jaja and we have developed a plan to begin alpha testing using his patient’s blood under his IRB approval. Our team and Dr. Jaja have similar goals and can use each other’s partnership beneficially.

With Dr. Cheedy Jaja, it is a symbiotic partnership where working with him will expand his connections and relationships with our team and possibly lead up to connecting us with key partners he has established (being the link to other sources). We have been keeping close contact with Dr. Cheedy Jaja, but what could strengthen our relationship is that we can continue to update him with our venture’s plan and where we stand right now, so he could offer advice or suggestions.

 

Dr. Ranju Gupta

    1. A local hematologist who works with sickle cell patients at Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) for laboratory testing of sickle cell blood samples to determine the device’s accuracy in the current developmental phase. 
    2. Also, looking to receive HbS blood samples from LVHN in the near future

We have a symbiotic relationship with Dr. Ranju Gupta, who provides the validation of our device’s stage for early clinical trials and brings credibility to our device, while we help to expand his connections and participation in SCD-related projects like ours. We can strengthen our with Dr. Ranju Gupta by constantly checking up on him through email and asking about what is the current outlook on SCD patients he’s had so far.

 

Local Blood Bank in Bethlehem

    1. Providing us with purified blood samples
      1. Currently we are only approved to accept healthy (HbA) blood samples from the bank, but we aim to accept SCD (HbS) blood from them as well
      2. This relationship is not necessarily symbiotic as we do not provide much value to them, but we do not ask much for them and they generously help us

The local blood banks in a way, provided us validation of our device during the clinical trials stage as we need to test our device with real blood to see if it is functioning as planned. Although the relationship is not symbiotic, as a team we could establish a stronger partnership with them by letting them know what the blood samples are being used for and when we run low on stock, we could become one of their recipients on their database that commonly requests for blood samples.

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  1. Channel Seven star Sally Obermeder is at the
    helm of a thriving wellness empire named SWIISH, alongside her sister and
    co-founder, Maha Corbett.

    Sally, 49, first came up with the idea for their
    original super green supplements while in hospital and fighting aggressive
    stage-three breast cancer, which she has since overcome. 

    She was diagnosed with the disease back in October 2011, at
    41 weeks pregnant and the day before she was due to give birth to her
    first daughter Annabelle, now 11.

    Speaking to Daily Mail Australia on Friday,
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    on top of their health. 

    Sally spoke about her approach to wellness and her recent 10-year cancer free milestone, saying she’s grateful
    for each and every day and feels like she’s
    ‘giving back’ in a way after her cancer journey.

    How Sally Obermeder built a wellness empire: TV star reveals SWIISH is an ‘accidental success’ after co-founding the
    brand to ‘try and help people’ after her cancer diagnosis: ‘I
    know what it’s like to be both sick and well’

    Sally said she’s grateful for the support of her brand, with her SWIISH community
    and fans also supporting her as she beat breast cancer. 

    ‘When I had cancer, I was the beneficiary of the love and
    goodwill of the people I didn’t know and that’s not lost on me,’ she said. 

    ‘I thought, ”what can I do here to feel like I am giving back?” I know what it’s like to be
    sick and what it feels like to be well.’ 

    Sally, 49, first came up with the idea for their original super green supplements
    while in hospital and fighting aggressive stage-three breast cancer, which she has since overcome

    Speaking about the growth of her brand, she said she first called
    sister Maha to tell her about her greens idea while in hospital all those years ago. 

    ‘The thing is, we didn’t set out to make a brand, when it started, I rang Maha from my hospital
    bed, and was like, ”I want to do something that helps people feel better.”
    It feels like an accidental success, I didn’t have a blueprint,’
    Sally explained.

    ‘Our growth has been very organic. I only set out to make
    greens. I didn’t set out with any grand plan. It was the customer who enabled
    us to get here. When the customers were like, ”we
    have the greens and feel so good but can you help us sleep” and then we worked on a
    sleep product,’ she said. 

    Reflecting on the success of the brand and it becoming a reported six-figure business,
    she added: ‘We’ve got retail partners now and I owe it to the community
    who built this with us. Sometimes even I’m shocked.’ 

    Sally co-founded the brand with sister Maha Corbett (pictured). ‘It
    started as a blog. Being a woman in business and in business full stop it is really tough.
    At every turn you, it’s challenging,’ she said

    Sally said a lot of ‘blood, sweat and tears’ have gone into building the brand, where a gut fibre powder starts at $39.95.

    ‘It started as a blog. Being a woman in business and
    in business full stop it is really tough. At every turn you, it’s
    challenging.’

    ‘Socials makes everything look really easy. But what you don’t see
    is the 2am finishes, the sacrifices, the things you don’t go to cause you’re working on putting your money into the business, you’re going without certain things, but it’s your choice,’ she explained. 

    Sally said working with her sister is enjoyable as they have a ‘close bond’ and are ‘sounding
    boards for one another’.

    ‘We are polar opposites and that’s beneficial for us and the business,
    we come at everything from a different perspective,’ she said.  

    ‘It’s going to be a big year [for us].’

    Sally said she starts each and every day with what she calls a ‘supershot’ where she mixes
    a spoonful of her immunity, super greens and collagen supplement together in a glass of water, in what she
    says is a simple approach to wellness.  

    Sally said she starts each and every day with what she calls
    a ‘supershot’ where she mixes a spoonful of her immunity,
    super greens and collagen supplement together in a glass of
    water, in what she says is a simple approach to wellness

    ‘I do a super shot everyday. I’m a big believe that wellness needs to be effective
    and it’s easy – it can’t be complicated, it takes the
    joy out of it. I don’t have time for a 48-step routine,’ she said. 

    She said she hasn’t had a cold or flu in four years thanks to her immunity product.
    She also eats a healthy and balanced diet, but does indulge in the occasional treat or dessert if out. 

    ‘I eat well and normally, protein, carbs, veggies and fruit and I
    also eat sweets,’ she said. 

    ‘Food is enjoyable and I don’t believe in it being punishing.’

    She said she hasn’t had a cold or flu in four years thanks
    to her immunity product. She also eats a healthy and
    balanced diet, but does indulge in the occasional treat or dessert if out

    The mother-of-two said she’s feeling the best she’s ever felt and also
    spoke about her 10-year cancer free milestone. 

    ‘For a long time, I didn’t think I’d get to that milestone, I didn’t think I’d get to one year, let alone
    five or ten. That was a milestone, but weirdly enough, so is most days,’ she said. 

    ‘Your filter or lens of life just changes. Sometimes it’s less about
    the big milestones… So is like next Tuesday and today, I’m
    very grateful in a way of the ordinary, when you don’t think
    you’re going to get the ordinary anymore, the standard day becomes
    quite valuable,’ she said.

    The mother-of-two said she’s feeling the best she’s ever felt and also spoke about her 10-year cancer free milestone.
    ‘I’m very grateful in a way of the ordinary, when you
    don’t think you’re going to get the ordinary anymore, the standard day becomes quite valuable,’ she said

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