dr. derrick rago van. has devoted himself to reducing health disparities in cleveland. he has been instkraoupltal in combatting significant differences in cancer death rates between african-americans and caucasian americans. dr. peter prodovost from johns hopkins. his checklist saves 1,500 lives and over $100 million over an 18-month period in detroit area hospitals in michigan. in my hometown in mans field, the community health workers, high school grad wants, some only g.e.d. high school -- high school graduates, some only g.e.d. high school equivalent studies, young girls making $11 or $12 an hour, these young women reduced, working with local health authorities and doctors and nurses, reduce the prevalence of low birthweight baby rates from 22% to 8% over three years. these are young women only five or six years older than the babies in front of me. these are young women without the opportunities in their lives that most babies have, young women who don't have parents who went to college, young women who weren't planning to go to college, young women making $11 or $1