What’s The Best International Healthcare Training?
Monday, October 17th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »As a medical student I dreamed of sharpening my skills on behalf of the world's most poor. I dreamed of attending the esteemed John's Hopkins School of Public Health, taking the diploma course at the London or Liverpool School of ...
Pregnancy Can Be Dangerous!
Saturday, September 24th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Some 600,000 women die worldwide each year from pregnancy-related causes, and 98 percent of these deaths occur in developing countries. The major causes of maternal deaths in developing nations, in numerical order of importance, are hemorrhage, peripartum sepsis, abortion, eclampsia ...
What We Never Talked About In Medical School
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »How would you work to improve the health of an entire community, rather than just one person at a time? We NEVER talked about this when I was in medical school, not even during our tiny public health course. I ...
What’s Your Global Health Curriculum?
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »What curriculum do you use to complement global health classes, international electives, study abroad, or even cross-cultural competency? Unfortunately, most universities and residency programs have little to offer beyond thick textbooks. For the last year, Micah Flint and I have ...
Who Will Care For The Manuels and Gabriels Of Tomorrow?
Thursday, July 21st, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Yesterday the medical team of Lubango Evangelical Medical Center returned from their spiritual life conference. My timing to volunteer each July is primarily to provide the vacation coverage they need. Tonight as I walked the wards tonight of our little ...
Sadly, We Can’t Help Everyone
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Today in the midst of "normal" cases of malaria, amebas, schistosomiasis, I was summoned to see Feliciano. This boy of 6 was accompanied by his dad, who explained how over the last 4 months his kid has lost the use ...
Just What Is The Gospel?
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »At the Angolan medical center I'm presently being accompanied by four Canadian medical students. They are very sharp and eager to learn. The faith-basis of this facility is new to some. One student asked, "Just what is the Gospel?" That ...
It’s Not All Work
Sunday, July 17th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Early this Sunday morning I visited the church that meets in the community just outside of town. The singing and message were both in Portuguese and Umbundo, the local language. I adore how the people clap and beat the drums ...
Convulsions In Africa
Saturday, July 16th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »This afternoon a mother was at home alone with her boy, whose temperature was 105. Suddenly his eyes rolled back and he had a seizure, flailing his arm and legs. Minutes later I received a distressing call from the emergency ...
Is There Hope For This Child?
Friday, July 15th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »This morning a father arrived at the hospital in Angola with his son, Josifas, whose photo I took with his permission. This boy of eleven was leaning over a cooking fire, when his shirt erupted into flames. Living in the ...