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THE IMAGINARY FOUNDATION

Location: HQ Australia

Field Work in Antarctica

Jon P Cue

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1 Title Slide Good Morning. Welcome to today’s lecture. We are Group # 904 and we are going to talk about the Imaginary Foundation, an NGO that is headquartered in Australia but with field work stations across Antarctica. This organization develops campaigns aimed at improving imagination among children under age 12 in the communities they intervened.

2 Transition Slide 1 Let’s start our discussion with a brief problem statement 3 Problem Statement 1.

Definition and overview Imagination Deficiency (ID) is a serious disorder that is growing at alarming rates worldwide. First described in 1995 by Bolivian physician and scientist Julio Logroño, it is now widely diagnosed across the globe with a 15% yearly increase rate worldwide. The disease affects mainly children and teenagers. Although it is mostly asymptomatic at the beginning, diagnosis may be easily done through a blood test. This disease develops from early years of childhood and if left untreated may lead to long-term adverse events both related directly or indirectly to health and public health. Such events may even include long-term disability and chronic poverty. The impact of this disease is so great that it may even deter the social and economic development of a whole nation. The biological causes are a deficiency of imaginin, a protein that circulates in the peripheral blood and which has important physiological functions in the developing brain. Imaginin is a protein that is formed by the brain in great concentrations at early stages of infancy (from year 2 onwards) and which starts to decline by age 25. It has been shown that imaginin levels in infancy are critical for proper brain development and improve social relations. Although it is an “infancy” protein, it exerts life-long effects since, as mentioned before, imaginin deficiency in childhood is associated with poor outcomes in adulthood and even during the golden years where it has been associated to increased and early development of both Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases.

4 Problem Statement 2. Risk factors and Epidemiology

Several epidemiologic studies have been conducted to understand the mechanisms of this disease and to elucidate which risk factors may be associated to it. Although data is still inconsistent, especially regarding specific variables, there are some advances that are worthy of reporting. It has been shown that there is a direct relationship between screen time and imaginin levels in children. A study conducted in Western Europe in 2010 showed that the longer children stay tuned in to screens the lower the levels of imaginin, even after controlling for potential confounders like total leisure time available, school performance, school time, sports practice, parenting style, parent’s time spent with children and the presence or absence of pets. This association was statistically significant. The picture

is not so clear when it comes to evaluate the impact of screen

size on imaginin levels. A meta-analysis conducted by teams in Drahav and Droxof Universities found non-statistically significant differences; namely, children who prefer cellphones and tablets over computers and TVs had lower levels of imaginin. Another study done in Antarctica showed that teenagers who prefer educational shows had higher levels of imaginin whereas those who prefer reality shows had lower. These results were statistically significant. However, there were no important results when comparing other types of shows or entertainment like video gaming, soap operas, comedy shows or movies. Another important aspect of imaginin production and the risk factors leading to imaginin deficiency is diet. Although the basic biological processes explaining differences are yet to be elucidated it has been shown that increased consumption of lettuce may lead to decrease imaginin production by the brain whereas a diet rich in fish, especially salmon, increases the circulating levels of imaginin in peripheral blood. Finally, new theories are being evaluated or posited and this includes the effect of environment on imaginin levels. Researchers from the University of South America in collaboration with scientists from the Pan African Institute of Imagination Disorders (PAIID) are looking into the possible effects that global warming and neutrino storms have on imaginin levels.

5 Problem Statement 3. Statistics and Public Health relevance

Without a doubt, we live in a imagination deficient world. According to estimates from the Global Health Organization, the worldwide rate of imagination deficiency is 20%. The figure shows only the regions of the world with an imagination deficiency rate above the global average, among which the Antarctica, Europe and North America are hit the worst by this epidemic. This has important public health implications since it has been estimated that 90% of children under age 12 who are diagnosed with this disease will develop chronic mood disorders if left untreated. Half of them would never find stable jobs and 80% will be disables by age 40. The costs and burden of this disease, you will infer, are great. A recent publication by the CDC estimated that if nothing is done, the US economy would lose 1 billion USD by 2020 due to this disease. Most of this loss will be paid as early disability benefits from the Social Security system but it also includes the losses from lack of productivity and the high cost of mood-disorder treatments which are only likely to worsen the outlook of our healthcare system. In fact, it is believed that 10% of total healthcare expenditures in US will go to pay for treatment of Adults Living with Lack of Imagination (ALLIs).

6 Problem Statement 4. Fight against ID

At the beginning of the ID epidemic there was a period of negation followed by incredulity. At last, the world scientist and

society in general accepted the evidence and since 1998 many

organizations have develop programs to stop the advancement of ID. In fact, the Union of World States (UWOS), through its Global Health Organization, has created the Global Council for Fighting Imagination Deficiency (GLOCFIDO). This council is staffed by one representative of the GHO, the speaker of the UWOS Parliament, one representative of the UWOS secretariat and by 5 independent leading global ID researchers. This council has develop interventions applied in Europe where they have shown that the early childhood parenting support model can decrease the rate of ID by 25% in 10 years. Other efforts include the civil society organizations like the League Against Imagination Deficiency (LAID) and the Julio and Julia Logroño foundation, both international health NGOs. Both of these organizations are working in the scale-up of the 1 minute saliva rapid test worldwide. Through their efforts, the mandatory testing of all children under age 5 has increased from 5% in year 2000 to almost 75% in year 2010, surpassing the Global Development Goal 5. The US government has also increased its efforts to deter the advancement of this disease both at home and abroad through the newly created President’s Fund Against Imagination Deficiency (PREFAID), results of this initiative are difficult to measure since it was only launched earlier this year. Finally, the Antarctica Ministry of Health has devoted 15% of its resources to the early detection of ID and it has been estimated that the country will save 1 trillion Antarctican dollars by the end of the century if it continues just the early detection program. Although important progress has been made it still estimated that 80% of the children of Antarctica suffer from this disease and although the government has done impressive progress on disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention are still highly neglected. That is why the Imaginary Foundation was created on 2010 in Antarctica with the objective of prevent new cases and give treatment and support to children affected by this disease.

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All the information presented here is fictional and is product of personal work. This work is copyrighted.