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it was . And then her

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blood pressure on first edition was 68

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texas six millimeter . Yeah .

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Yes .

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Mm hmm . Yeah .

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Okay . I grew up here in Liberia .

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In the capital city of Monrovia .

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Mm hmm . Yeah . When I

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was growing up , I woke up one morning

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and my sister was on the floor

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whispering to me and she says , oh ,

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you can get up but you have to roll on

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into the floor , you can't stand up .

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What I didn't realize was happening was

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that someone was trying to take over

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the government so you couldn't be seen

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by the window . This potentially could

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be shot .

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Mhm . We had a fantastic life here . We

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were very comfortable , but my parents

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made that sacrifice for us to go to the

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US and you know , we were lucky to

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leave before the start of the civil war .

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Mm hmm .

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At the time I didn't know these things

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were happening . Mm hmm . I was just

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kind of happy to be going to school .

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It was only after I joined the Navy at

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18 that I really kind of started to

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understand the war on

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deployment . My ship went to brazil . I

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met a Liberian who wasn't real

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and that's why I was like , wow ,

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that's when I really first realized how

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displaced people were during the war .

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So after that deployment , I wanted to

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work with like refugees and displaced

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people . Morning , How are you doing ?

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That's how I started turning to

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medicine gonna happen , man .

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Yeah ,

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you need help . Okay .

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How long do you think

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I used to clean toilets in the navy

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before when I first joined . Yeah .

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It's been completely amazing to have

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come up through the ranks and be a

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doctor . Yeah . They need to watch that

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right side . Mhm . Mhm .

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The military has a tropical medicine

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program where we

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go to of several countries work with

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the local doctors on how to manage

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diseases .

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Yeah , India Thailand

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Brazil Tanzania Honduras

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have been to almost 40

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countries .

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Mhm . And then it's gonna direction . I

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haven't thought it would go

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which is to bring me back home ,

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right ? The whole nation as

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a whole , I don't think has healed .

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That's why I feel like I must come back

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and help

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when I took over the position as the

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director of the program established a

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field mission here . So I could bring

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doctors here . My name is

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dr deputy Adams with the U . S . Navy .

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I'm a naval officer . I've been

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fortunate to come to Phoebe to work

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bringing a team of doctors to observe

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tropical medicine cases . When people

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think about Liberia , they think about

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our civil wars and they think about

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Ebola . I want to do something about

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that .

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Imagine being the shoes of some of

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these doctors and nurses who are

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treating people every day . Some places

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not having gloves , not having

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medications in the pharmacy .

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We're trying to build capacity and

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capability for the hospitals that we

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work with . And we also provide

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academic exchange . The first lecture

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is medical waste . So we give some

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lecturers . They also give us some

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lectures . Everything we have . You

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know , you're just trying to have a

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positive influence on people's lives .

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Okay . Mm hmm .

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I still feel that I'm not doing enough

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Because I'm only here two weeks .

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But I do use medicine to accomplish

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other goals . Sometimes I bring

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books . Sometimes it's like an art or

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literature workshop . This time I'm I'm

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funding like a dance contest . Anybody

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that wants to can come on stage and

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dance .

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Mhm . Even though I gave myself a hard

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time about not doing enough , I also

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appreciate that doing something small .

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It was also impactful .

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Think about the military . Think about

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the Navy . You think about conflict ? I

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didn't know about all the global health

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engagement activities were involved in .

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Mm hmm . And it's been a pleasant

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surprise .

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It's been a wonderful experience and

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opportunity to come back home . Mm hmm .

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But I hope it gets to a point where

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it's not relying on development and aid .

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We're just so self sufficient . Mhm .

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To get all the experiences that I have

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around the world and get him to come

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home . I realized that sometimes all it

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takes is one act in somebody's life to

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change the course of their life .

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And so that's why you can't stop

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because you don't know what act it's

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going to be . My name is Nick Conti

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Adams . I'm an infectious diseases

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physician in the United States Navy .

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Mm hmm