This entrepreneur says health care for all starts with keeping local talent
Christopher Ategeka grew up with the devastating effects of not having health care access, having been orphaned by HIV/AIDS and losing his brother to malaria. But he got the chance to go to...
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally, another in our Brief But Spectacular series, where we ask people to describe their passions. Tonight, we hear from Christopher Ategeka. The Ugandan-born entrepreneur founded Health Access Corps. It's a nonprofit that aims to combat the shortage of health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa. CHRISTOPHER ATEGEKA, Health Access Corps: If you look at the United States, the doctor-patient ratio is about one doctor for every 390 people. But if you look at a country like Uganda, my home country, the doctor-patient ratio is one doctor for every 24,000 people. I see myself in these people all the time, because, at one point, I was them. I was raised by a deaf-mute grandmother. My father and mother both died of HIV and AIDS. And my...
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally, another in our Brief But Spectacular series, where we ask people to describe their passions. Tonight, we hear from Christopher Ategeka. The Ugandan-born entrepreneur founded Health Access Corps. It's a nonprofit that aims to combat the shortage of health care professionals in sub-Saharan Africa. CHRISTOPHER ATEGEKA, Health Access Corps: If you look at the United States, the doctor-patient ratio is about one doctor for every 390 people. But if you look at a country like Uganda, my home country, the doctor-patient ratio is one doctor for every 24,000 people. I see myself in these people all the time, because, at one point, I was them. I was raised by a deaf-mute grandmother. My father and mother both died of HIV and AIDS. And my...
