The power of partnership- Rwanda Human Resource for Health Program to become Presidential fellowship- Kagame Clinton..
In 10 months since GHC Fellows started the work with the Rwandan Human Resources for Health (HRH) team as Analysts , over 100 American health management, medical, midwifery, and nursing faculty members from 23 different institutions have partnered with doctors, nurses, and students at 22 sites in Rwanda. The diligence and commitment of American and […]
And then I realized I have a soul…
I spent the first part of my life wanting to be a first grade school teacher. That was until I realized how little tolerance I had for children. After which I began to envision myself as a high-powered corporate executive that wore pant suits, high heels, and exploited consumers in the most lucrative way […]
Butting Heads
“You’re going to butt heads with a lot of people in med school,” she said to me once Jonathan and I had finished our presentation to the residents taking an elective in community health. She most certainly meant it in a positive way – praising our alternative take on what it means for people to […]
On the Hill
Children’s Health Fund kicks off every spring with a conference in Washington, D.C. that brings together the medical directors from the entire national network and staff members from CHF’s headquarters in New York City. This year, my co-fellow and I were lucky enough to tag along. The purpose of the meeting is to brief […]
Learning Time!
When I started working with the Monitoring and Evaluation Department at Partner’s In Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, I asked myself how M&E can contribute to providing a preferential option for the poor in health care, PIH’s mission. I took time to learn more about M&E and reflect on this question. I found that an easy way […]
Why am I here?
Many times I have dreamed of running away, running away to a dream land. When I watched movies I saw people living easy lives, owning things that most people in Malawi dream of having, for instance expensive and recent cars, beautiful apartments, good nutrition, and interesting towns with attractive buildings. When I look at the […]
Global Health Supply Chain Summit
A supply chain is a network of people and processes that will cater to the end user, whom in my case are patients in resource poor settings. I have procured critical components for aircraft and engine systems, to improving the lead time performance of solar modules for retail & municipal entities. When I arrived to […]
World Water Day
World Water Day is held annually on March 22nd to recognize the importance of water in our world and advocate for the sustainable management of water resources. SALTWASH (Saving lives through water sanitation and hygiene) in Nyaruguru district is a project of Health Poverty Action. We celebrated World Water Day at Raranzige cell, Rusenge sector. The […]
Waging a War Against Gender Inequity
“Imagine if blood spilled by women in childbirth, unpaid labor & violence against them collectively mattered like war.” On May 3rd , ‘Women Under Siege’ retweeted this post written by a woman named Lauren Wolfe; she is a perfect stranger to me, but these 140 characters shook me. Maybe, I thought, we were looking at […]
I Have A Dream
On the first day of the Quarter Three meeting in Uganda, we (fellows) were asked to dream for a minute and share our dreams beginning with perhaps the most consequential and historical line of all time– I have a dream…by Martin Luther King Jr. We all had and shared big dreams. I am an environmentalist […]