24 degrees is the temperature of Legos at its coolest according to Google but
at its coolest according to Google but
at its coolest according to Google but it just as high as 36 and up to like 42
it just as high as 36 and up to like 42
it just as high as 36 and up to like 42 degrees sometimes when it’s really hot
degrees sometimes when it’s really hot
degrees sometimes when it’s really hot so you can imagine my shop when I woke
so you can imagine my shop when I woke
so you can imagine my shop when I woke up one morning in Canada we had gone
up one morning in Canada we had gone
up one morning in Canada we had gone through for a training four years ago
through for a training four years ago
through for a training four years ago and I found everybody celebrating in 90
and I found everybody celebrating in 90
and I found everybody celebrating in 90 degrees Celsius whether as summer it was
degrees Celsius whether as summer it was
degrees Celsius whether as summer it was so shocking that my Canadian teammates
so shocking that my Canadian teammates
so shocking that my Canadian teammates Totti was a good day to go to the beach
Totti was a good day to go to the beach
Totti was a good day to go to the beach and as you know we should really go
and as you know we should really go
and as you know we should really go celebrate this 90 degrees weather but
celebrate this 90 degrees weather but
celebrate this 90 degrees weather but guess what
guess what
guess what here I showed up at the beach so I had
here I showed up at the beach so I had
here I showed up at the beach so I had my inner where I had my regular clothes
my inner where I had my regular clothes
my inner where I had my regular clothes I had my inner woolen jackets my winter
I had my inner woolen jackets my winter
I had my inner woolen jackets my winter jacket and the woollen scarf around my
jacket and the woollen scarf around my
jacket and the woollen scarf around my neck that was me as my degrees summer in
neck that was me as my degrees summer in
neck that was me as my degrees summer in Canada I come from Lagos where the
Canada I come from Lagos where the
Canada I come from Lagos where the coolest is 24 degrees 24 degrees is my
coolest is 24 degrees 24 degrees is my
coolest is 24 degrees 24 degrees is my own winter that is when I put on my
own winter that is when I put on my
own winter that is when I put on my sweater
sweater
sweater I apply a bony kibum or any other balm
I apply a bony kibum or any other balm
I apply a bony kibum or any other balm you know and drink hot tea that’s that’s
you know and drink hot tea that’s that’s
you know and drink hot tea that’s that’s my own winter 90 degrees when I ask
my own winter 90 degrees when I ask
my own winter 90 degrees when I ask winter Osama is not normal to me if I
winter Osama is not normal to me if I
winter Osama is not normal to me if I had stayed long enough in Canada maybe I
had stayed long enough in Canada maybe I
had stayed long enough in Canada maybe I will begin to see 90 degrees as normal
will begin to see 90 degrees as normal
will begin to see 90 degrees as normal but right now it is not normal which
but right now it is not normal which
but right now it is not normal which brings me to the title of my talk called
brings me to the title of my talk called
brings me to the title of my talk called challenging the normal in 2011 I lost a
challenging the normal in 2011 I lost a
challenging the normal in 2011 I lost a close friend our child beds and a dad
close friend our child beds and a dad
close friend our child beds and a dad puts a face behind every statistics of
puts a face behind every statistics of
puts a face behind every statistics of maternal and child mortality rates I had
maternal and child mortality rates I had
maternal and child mortality rates I had ever seen
ever seen
ever seen so you know when you see one in 13 1 in
so you know when you see one in 13 1 in
so you know when you see one in 13 1 in 15 1 in 6 those things are just numbers
15 1 in 6 those things are just numbers
15 1 in 6 those things are just numbers to you
to you
to you also have a deep and real connection to
also have a deep and real connection to
also have a deep and real connection to this numbers that is why you know that
this numbers that is why you know that
this numbers that is why you know that there are real faces behind these
there are real faces behind these
there are real faces behind these numbers my deep connection was my friend
numbers my deep connection was my friend
numbers my deep connection was my friend that died in 2011 and that’s when I knew
that died in 2011 and that’s when I knew
that died in 2011 and that’s when I knew that behind every statistics of maternal
that behind every statistics of maternal
that behind every statistics of maternal and child health there’s a fist to it
and child health there’s a fist to it
and child health there’s a fist to it their families have been shown in two
their families have been shown in two
their families have been shown in two solos their children whose life may
solos their children whose life may
solos their children whose life may never ever be stable to deny a woman
never ever be stable to deny a woman
never ever be stable to deny a woman diner childbirth in Nigeria is not know
diner childbirth in Nigeria is not know
diner childbirth in Nigeria is not know how a baby
how a baby
how a baby Dinah’s path in Nigeria should never be
Dinah’s path in Nigeria should never be
Dinah’s path in Nigeria should never be considered as normal women having he
considered as normal women having he
considered as normal women having he eats this for ante natal across rural
eats this for ante natal across rural
eats this for ante natal across rural communities in Nigeria shouldn’t even
communities in Nigeria shouldn’t even
communities in Nigeria shouldn’t even ever ever be normal anyway midwives
ever ever be normal anyway midwives
ever ever be normal anyway midwives having to use their mouth to suck up
having to use their mouth to suck up
having to use their mouth to suck up mucus from the nurseries of a newborn to
mucus from the nurseries of a newborn to
mucus from the nurseries of a newborn to prevent us vision should not be no mouth
prevent us vision should not be no mouth
prevent us vision should not be no mouth and woman to be based on best laws is
and woman to be based on best laws is
and woman to be based on best laws is never normal
never normal
never normal sixty percent of deliveries in Nigeria
sixty percent of deliveries in Nigeria
sixty percent of deliveries in Nigeria are taken by traditional birth
are taken by traditional birth
are taken by traditional birth attendants who have no education and our
attendants who have no education and our
attendants who have no education and our own skewed that should never be on
own skewed that should never be on
own skewed that should never be on normal it should never ever be an amount
normal it should never ever be an amount
normal it should never ever be an amount so what is normal normal is you refuses
so what is normal normal is you refuses
so what is normal normal is you refuses to step out of your comfort zone normal
to step out of your comfort zone normal
to step out of your comfort zone normal is you refusing to live a courageous
is you refusing to live a courageous
is you refusing to live a courageous life and take action normal is you
life and take action normal is you
life and take action normal is you refusing to hold government’s
refusing to hold government’s
refusing to hold government’s accountable normal is another word for
accountable normal is another word for
accountable normal is another word for average I’m not normal and you shouldn’t
average I’m not normal and you shouldn’t
average I’m not normal and you shouldn’t you shouldn’t ever be normal now let’s
you shouldn’t ever be normal now let’s
you shouldn’t ever be normal now let’s do a quick exercise so now take a look
do a quick exercise so now take a look
do a quick exercise so now take a look at this picture these are to forget the
at this picture these are to forget the
at this picture these are to forget the green overgrown grass these are two
green overgrown grass these are two
green overgrown grass these are two functional buildings somewhere in
functional buildings somewhere in
functional buildings somewhere in Nigeria one of it is a public health
Nigeria one of it is a public health
Nigeria one of it is a public health care facility the other one is also a
care facility the other one is also a
care facility the other one is also a public facility which ones you think is
public facility which ones you think is
public facility which ones you think is the public health care facility the one
the public health care facility the one
the public health care facility the one on the left if you think it’s the one on
on the left if you think it’s the one on
on the left if you think it’s the one on the left
the left
the left let me see your hands the one on your
let me see your hands the one on your
let me see your hands the one on your left if you think that is the public
left if you think that is the public
left if you think that is the public health care facility good if you think
health care facility good if you think
health care facility good if you think it’s the one on your right there’s a
it’s the one on your right there’s a
it’s the one on your right there’s a public health care facility no let me
public health care facility no let me
public health care facility no let me show you this one the one on your left
show you this one the one on your left
show you this one the one on your left that has the solar panel you quit for
that has the solar panel you quit for
that has the solar panel you quit for alternative electricity supply and the
alternative electricity supply and the
alternative electricity supply and the borough is not the public health care
borough is not the public health care
borough is not the public health care facility this other one with the wooden
facility this other one with the wooden
facility this other one with the wooden windows falling apart buildings falling
windows falling apart buildings falling
windows falling apart buildings falling apart roof is the public health care
apart roof is the public health care
apart roof is the public health care facility and you would never ever
facility and you would never ever
facility and you would never ever imagine what this other facility is it
imagine what this other facility is it
imagine what this other facility is it is the public toilets and is right
is the public toilets and is right
is the public toilets and is right beside this falling healthcare facility
beside this falling healthcare facility
beside this falling healthcare facility things like this and not normally but
things like this and not normally but
things like this and not normally but guess what somebody like you and I
guess what somebody like you and I
guess what somebody like you and I thought it was a good idea suicides and
thought it was a good idea suicides and
thought it was a good idea suicides and ultra modern public toilets beside a
ultra modern public toilets beside a
ultra modern public toilets beside a fallen healthcare facility somebody like
fallen healthcare facility somebody like
fallen healthcare facility somebody like you and I dressed up in a sh Y B to go
you and I dressed up in a sh Y B to go
you and I dressed up in a sh Y B to go to this commissioning somebody like you
to this commissioning somebody like you
to this commissioning somebody like you and I commissioned this building
and I commissioned this building
and I commissioned this building somebody like you and I was the drama at
somebody like you and I was the drama at
somebody like you and I was the drama at the events even though his wife is sick
the events even though his wife is sick
the events even though his wife is sick at home and cannot access policy health
at home and cannot access policy health
at home and cannot access policy health care services these things are not
care services these things are not
care services these things are not normal they should never ever be
normal they should never ever be
normal they should never ever be considered as normal as somebody with a
considered as normal as somebody with a
considered as normal as somebody with a legal background who has their own love
legal background who has their own love
legal background who has their own love for figures and I barely passed much as
for figures and I barely passed much as
for figures and I barely passed much as we’re clever going into maternal and
we’re clever going into maternal and
we’re clever going into maternal and child health and now business is
child health and now business is
child health and now business is something that many would consider not
something that many would consider not
something that many would consider not normal but that’s that’s also because I
normal but that’s that’s also because I
normal but that’s that’s also because I am not normal I’m not
this is one of the products of my not
this is one of the products of my not being normal
being normal
being normal this is Shafaat sue and our baby in the
this is Shafaat sue and our baby in the
this is Shafaat sue and our baby in the Far States northern Nigeria Shikata was
Far States northern Nigeria Shikata was
Far States northern Nigeria Shikata was able to access quality health care
able to access quality health care
able to access quality health care supply quality health care facilities
supply quality health care facilities
supply quality health care facilities and sterile supplies our childhoods like
and sterile supplies our childhoods like
and sterile supplies our childhoods like several other women who found the
several other women who found the
several other women who found the statistics she did not become the one
statistics she did not become the one
statistics she did not become the one interesting who died at childbirth
interesting who died at childbirth
interesting who died at childbirth Shafaat who had access to sterile
Shafaat who had access to sterile
Shafaat who had access to sterile supplies the bet attendant did not have
supplies the bet attendant did not have
supplies the bet attendant did not have to use a broken glass or rusty blade too
to use a broken glass or rusty blade too
to use a broken glass or rusty blade too severe a baby’s umbilical cord shafraz
severe a baby’s umbilical cord shafraz
severe a baby’s umbilical cord shafraz who did not have to sit on a high chain
who did not have to sit on a high chain
who did not have to sit on a high chain and close our legs family hoping that
and close our legs family hoping that
and close our legs family hoping that postpartum hemorrhage or bleeding after
postpartum hemorrhage or bleeding after
postpartum hemorrhage or bleeding after childbirth would cease a better
childbirth would cease a better
childbirth would cease a better attendance had access to community level
attendance had access to community level
attendance had access to community level intervention drugs like misoprostol to
intervention drugs like misoprostol to
intervention drugs like misoprostol to calm our bleeding after childbirth when
calm our bleeding after childbirth when
calm our bleeding after childbirth when you look at images like this it should
you look at images like this it should
you look at images like this it should trigger in each one of you the desire
trigger in each one of you the desire
trigger in each one of you the desire not to be normal desire not to be
not to be normal desire not to be
not to be normal desire not to be average
average
average the desire to outlive yourself the
the desire to outlive yourself the
the desire to outlive yourself the desire to be outstanding save the lives
desire to be outstanding save the lives
desire to be outstanding save the lives of several women and babies like chiffon
of several women and babies like chiffon
of several women and babies like chiffon and a baby rest on the ideas carried
and a baby rest on the ideas carried
and a baby rest on the ideas carried inside each and every one of us many of
inside each and every one of us many of
inside each and every one of us many of them are waiting for ideas to blues on
them are waiting for ideas to blues on
them are waiting for ideas to blues on so that girls can also come to light
so that girls can also come to light
so that girls can also come to light ladies and gentlemen I’m not normal I
ladies and gentlemen I’m not normal I
ladies and gentlemen I’m not normal I hope your engine and so as I leave this
hope your engine and so as I leave this
hope your engine and so as I leave this podium today I would like you to think
podium today I would like you to think
podium today I would like you to think about something never accept as an
about something never accept as an
about something never accept as an amount something that should never ever
amount something that should never ever
amount something that should never ever in the first place be nama
in the first place be nama
in the first place be nama be extraordinary be outstanding
be extraordinary be outstanding
be extraordinary be outstanding challenge the nama
challenge the nama
challenge the nama thank you
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