To improve and sustain the health of a nation,
the world must tap into and unleash the power of women
A film by Emmy-award winning filmmaker Lisa
Russell, MPH
GE Healthcare announced the world premiere of Heroines of
Health, a documentary by Emmy-award winning filmmaker Lisa Russell,
MPH. The film follows three heroines, from India, Kenya and
Indonesia, who are overcoming steep challenges and expectations to
bring better health and hope to their communities.
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Three women. Three countries. Three
stories untold. Until now. (Photo: Business Wire)
Women comprise 75 percent of the global healthcare workforce,
yet often their work is unrecognized. Heroines of Health brings to
light the stories of women on the frontlines of healthcare who are
quietly and humbly saving lives.
These are their stories.
Mrs. Rohani: A volunteer midwife’s assistant from a
mountain village in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Mrs. Rohani wakes up
at four a.m. daily to join her family in a morning prayer before
walking expectant mothers to the nearest community health center,
more than an hour walk by foot.
Mercy Owuor: A community health expert at Lwala Community
Alliance, Mercy leads a team of rural health workers as they
influence how one million people in Western Kenya access
healthcare. Through a community-led approach, she is achieving her
goal for every child to reach his or her fifth birthday.
Dr. Sharmila Anand: Dr. Sharmila was trained in
the U.S., but brought her passion for empowering and educating
youth and young women back home to Chennai, India, where she
founded SEHPL, a social enterprise that skills students
to become X-ray technicians, OT technicians, anesthesia technicians
and more. The goal is to give them meaningful employment
opportunities and bridge the healthcare skills gap in
India. She says her vision is to create a million satisfied
patient smiles by transforming healthcare delivery
systems through upskilling and empowering healthcare
professionals.
In 2015, GE Healthcare established Sustainable Healthcare
Solutions (SHS), a business that partners with governments and
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to strengthen healthcare
systems and improve the affordability and accessibility to quality
healthcare in India, Africa and Southeast Asia. These regions also
offer insight into the critical role women play in this effort, and
that, when given the opportunity to lead in both community health
and policy development, women have the ability to improve the
health of millions of people.
This realization was the impetus for an effort to engage our
partners, public, private, non-profit and NGOs, in a shared
determination to unleash the economic and intellectual power of
women to accelerate the development of sustainable healthcare
systems globally. With this documentary, GE Healthcare seeks to
take one step forward by recognizing three of the many women who
are bringing better health to their communities.
“For the past six years, I’ve lived in India and spent time in
communities here and across Southeast Asia and Africa, leading GE
Healthcare’s emerging markets business. I have been deeply inspired
by the passion and resiliency of the women I've met who,
unofficially and despite great challenges, are on the front lines
improving the health of their communities,” said Terri Bresenham,
President and CEO, Sustainable Healthcare Solutions, GE Healthcare.
“The heroines in this documentary are three such women. We hope
that the film inspires recognition and opportunity for many
more.”
As mothers, women are generally most impacted by disease and
high mortality rates, yet they represent less than 25 percent of
healthcare leadership roles globally. Studies show that when women
are in healthcare leadership roles, neonatal mortality drops,
adolescent girls receive significantly more education, and women
are more likely to generate their own income. ¹
"As a filmmaker who has been telling global health stories in
remote locations for nearly 15 years, I have come across many
incredible, committed women working at all levels in the healthcare
industry. With Heroines of Health, it truly is my honor to give
viewers an inside glimpse into the personal lives of three
remarkable heroines," said Lisa Russell, MPH.
Heroines of Health premieres July 18th at 8pm ET / 7pm
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¹Increasing Women in Leadership in Global Health (2014) Academic
Medicine, Dr. Jennifer A. Downs, MD, MSc, Ms. Lindsey K. Reif, MPH,
Dr. Adolfine Hokororo, MD, and Dr. Daniel W. Fitzgerald, MD
About GE Healthcare
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and more affordable healthcare around the world. GE Healthcare (GE)
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on tough challenges. From medical imaging, software & IT,
patient monitoring and diagnostics to drug discovery,
biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies and performance
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deliver great healthcare to their patients.
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About Lisa Russell
Lisa Russell is an Emmy-award winning filmmaker with a Masters
in Public Health. She became interested in storytelling after
working as a humanitarian aid worker during the 1999 refugee crisis
in Kosovo and started a career directing, producing, shooting and
editing films for UN/NGO agencies on pressing global health issues
such as maternal health, girls education. HIV/AIDS, impact of war
on youth, climate change and others. She is a keynote speaker
(TEDxJNJ, SwitchPoint, Unite for Sight) and workshop facilitator
with a focus on narrative justice and responsible storytelling and
aims to change the narrative of global health through her work. In
2016, she launched StoryShifter, a new entertainment for the social
good, powered by machine learning and data analytics. As a teaching
artist, artist advocate and curator, she works to build
institutional credibility around emerging artists as cultural
diplomats within the global health and development community. For
more information on Lisa's work, visit
www.lisarussellfilms.com.
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