2011 INMED Theme: From Rescue To Resilience
This year is one marked by disasters and ongoing deprivation. Just consider Haiti’s earthquake, Pakistan’s flood, and Zimbabwe’s chronic […]
International Health News & Inspiration
Cross-Cultural Healthcare Pearls
Is Kate Culturally Competent?
Cultural competence is our ability to cooperate effectively with people of different cultures. This is especially important in the
Low-Resource Healthcare Pearls
What’s The Good News From Bangladesh?
In Bangladesh forty years ago one infant in five died during the first year. Today, only one infant in
Cross-Cultural Healthcare Pearls
What’s Your Formula For Health?
What is the best formula for physical health? Actually, it depends upon whom you ask. People of some Asian
INMED Training Sites In Action
A ‘Normal’ Doctor’s Schedule – Ghana Day 9
Just a typical day at Ghana’s Baptist Medical Center: This morning I arrived find to 27 new patients admitted
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Snakes In The Grass! – Ghana Day 3
Making rounds at Baptist Medical Center in Ghana – up near the northern border with Burkina Faso. Stunningly, a
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Test Your Pediatrics Skills – Angola Day 25
Here at Lubango Evangelical Medical Center it is the nurse practitioners that first attend to those coming for care.
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Yes, These Are Bullet Holes – Angola Day 23
At the height of the Angolan Civil War I was living in the central city of Huambo. The city
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Paulo Buaki: A Life Well Lived – Angola Day 21
All of us involved in ‘global health’ agree with the imperative of preventive care and relief from poverty. But
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What’s The Neonatal Dose For Quinine? – Angola Day 19
This is a question very few, if any, neonatologist ever faces in wealthier communities. Today I met this mother