How many times can you say Maternal and Infant Health in one blog post … and is it ever too many?

Wednesday started off a 3-day nationwide Maternal and Infant Health campaign in Rwanda. This campaign is repeated twice annually and provides free vaccinations, de-worming medications, vitamin supplements, health lessons and more, specifically targeting pregnant women and children through the end of secondary education. Every Health Center in the country prepares and hosts multiple sites in […]

America, the land of plenty! Did I just say that?

As much as I want to tell a story about how my first three months of the fellowship year has been exciting, enlightening and rewarding with inspiring experiences, I will defer that and tell a startling tale. Coming to America,  as a physician trained in Africa, I would literally assume the healthcare system is void […]