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ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022

United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022.  200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT OLIVIA LAETITIA HAMANT, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.

New York University | New York, United States | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 10

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" As a Millennium Fellow, I'm excited to gain the tools and skills needed to enhance and bring to fruition my current project focused on bridging the linguistic and cultural gap between medical professionals and their patients. Healthcare is a sector where inequities are acute, and thus I am committed to aligning my initiative with the SDGs – in particular, 3 and 10 – and look forward to rich exchanges with other students committed to pushing forth their visions for a more sustainable and equitable society. "

Millennium Fellowship Project: MedConnect

Our group has been working on a project that is centered around SDG #3, “Good Health and Well-Being” and SDG #10, “Reduced Inequalities.” As students living in New York, we know that one of the most beautiful aspects of the city is its diversity. Many New Yorkers speak other languages and although this contributes to the city’s cultural richness, certain characteristics of our medical system can make it difficult for those who cannot speak English fluently. With that, our project is Med-Connect. Med-Connect is a web app that aims to bridge the linguistic and cultural gap between medical professionals and their patients. 25% of New Yorkers have Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and according to the Oman Medical Journal, patients who do not share a language with their healthcare providers are “disadvantaged in terms of access to healthcare services.” Given this data and research, Med-Connect works to combat these problems as it strives to enable potential patients and doctors to connect with each other based on their similar languages and backgrounds on an easy-to-use platform. Both doctors and patients easily create their profiles on our application (which will be accessible both on mobile phones and computers) with extensive personal preferences such as native language, languages one is comfortable speaking in, cultural expectations, medical specialization (for doctors), and medical need (for patients). The system will be able to match patients with physicians who are “right” for them based on their personal preferences. Doctors will be notified when being matched with a patient and the latter will be able to directly message the doctor allowing both parties to communicate (by text message, phone call, video call, or in-person). The web app has additional functions including a multilingual dictionary, a series of key medical documents translated into the top most common languages spoken after English in NYC, a map of local hospitals with language services installed, and an emergency call button. By providing all these services via a simple system, Med-Connect will help those in NYC who would otherwise not be able to receive good healthcare.

About the Millennium Fellow

Olivia Hamant is a 19-year-old Franco-American who spent the first half of her life in Park Slope, Brooklyn and the second half in Paris where she studied in a bilingual school. She is a rising sophomore at the Stern School of Business at NYU and is majoring in Sustainable Business and Finance with a minor in Public Policy and Management. Olivia is dedicated to the intersection of business and sustainability. From founding an environmentally-friendly startup in high school to co-directing Net Impact's program FIIT (Financial Impact Industry Team) in the upcoming semester, Olivia strives to use business as a tool to promote positive change and create social and environmental impact. As a former Girl Scout, she is also passionante about promoting girls' empowerment and aims to push forth gender equality notably in the finance industry.

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