# The doctor on a mission to build a healthier South Sudan with Yohanis Riek | from TED Talks Daily Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-health-388141/the-doctor-on-a-mission-to-build-a-healthier-south-sudan-with-yohanis-riek-from-ted-talks-daily Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-health-388141/the-doctor-on-a-mission-to-build-a-healthier-south-sudan-with-yohanis-riek-from-ted-talks-daily.md Podcast: [TED Health](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-health-388141) Published: 2026-03-31T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://audiocollective.ted.com Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67585b08102e6d4448d360b1/e/69c18f041a160b44dbb6ceb8/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ted-health-388141/episodes/the-doctor-on-a-mission-to-build-a-healthier-south-sudan-with-yohanis-riek-from-ted-talks-daily Duration seconds: 1776 ## Resource Yohanis Riek went from herding cattle and fighting as a child soldier to becoming the first doctor in his community in South Sudan. He shares his journey to found a nonprofit bringing health care to remote communities β€” empowering locals to take charge of their own health, as the world's newest country finds its place in the world. (Following the talk, Lily James Olds, director of the TED Fellows program, interviews Riek on the effect of USAID withdrawal in South Sudan and why he’s choosing to stay in his home country to better serve local populations.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ted-health-388141/episodes/the-doctor-on-a-mission-to-build-a-healthier-south-sudan-with-yohanis-riek-from-ted-talks-daily/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-health-388141/the-doctor-on-a-mission-to-build-a-healthier-south-sudan-with-yohanis-riek-from-ted-talks-daily.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.