What’s The Neonatal Dose For Quinine? - Angola Day 19
Friday, July 9th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »This is a question very few, if any, neonatologist ever faces in wealthier communities. Today I met this mother and her three-week old infant, who stopped nursing yesterday. Malaria is so very common here, even in the dry season, that ...
Pre-1960’s Medical Practice - Angola Day 17
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »This morning I arrived to find this man, who arrived with a history of weight loss (check out the cheek bones), abdominal pain, and cough for three months. One of the greatest challenges of 'practicing medicine' in this setting is ...
Trauma: A Forgotten ‘Disease Of Poverty’ – Angola Day 15
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »This lady, Cicilia, was riding along on the back of a Mosquito – these ubiquitous 50 cc motorbikes that scurry around the pot holes that make up Angola’s roadways. Her husband was driving, carrying their son on the handlebars. With ...
Not All Work - Angola Day 13
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Several of you have written questioning whether we ever take any time off. Angola's health crisis is a chronic one, and I totally resonate with the wisdom of enjoying some creative breaks from the action. On July 4th, while most ...
The End Of Poverty - Angola Day 11
Friday, July 2nd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Early death is an inconsolable fact of life. In the world’s poorest nations, like Angola from where I’m writing now, a quarter of children die before reaching school age, and adults can hardly expect to live much beyond age forty. ...
Vesicovaginal Fistula - Angola Day 9
Thursday, July 1st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »One of the saddest health problems in all the developing world is vesicovaginal fistula (VVF). It's a hole created between a woman's bladder and her vagina, resulting in a constant, uncontrollable flow of urine out the vagina. As a result, ...