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SEAD Innovators are Winning Awards!

11/18/2013

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This summary provided by SEAD Student Assistant Lizzy Knippler, Duke '16.

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Last month, Riders for Health co-founder and CEO, Andrea Coleman, was named winner of the Women of the Year Award, sponsored by Barclays. Andrea drew upon her expertise and connection with the motorcycling community to devlop the Riders for Health field programs back in 1990. Since then, the organization has expanded and now operates across seven African countries.

Says Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, President of Women of the Year: "Andrea is a very worthy and inspirational recipient of this Women of the Year award. Riders for Health has improved access to regular health care for millions of people across Africa. Through sheer hard work and determination, she has translated her life-long passion as a motorcyclist into a successful award winning programme in sub-Saharan Africa."

In response to winning the award, Andrea says, "I cannot describe how it feels to be named one of the 'Women of the Year'. When I think of the many marvellous, brave, clever, stoical, women I meet in my work I realise just how lucky I am to be in a position to win this award. Women living in isolated, rural Africa are trapped by ill health, poverty and distance. They can never even dream that what they do will ever be seen let alone recognised. I am lucky. I have had that opportunity."

Andrea continues her work to give other women freedom from poverty and provide access to live-saving medical care.
Read more about Andrea's award here

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But Andrea is not the only woman innovator in the news.
This month, Shelly Batra, founder of Operation ASHA, was honored as a finalist of the 2013 India Social Entrepreneur of the Year awards. 

Operation ASHA delivers low-cost, high-quality tuberculosis treatment and detection services using a portable biometric patient identification system. Over the past 8 years, Operation ASHA has reached over 6 million patients in India and Cambodia, treating TB patients with a 90% success rate.
Read the press release here.

Congratulations, Andrea and Shelly!

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